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Syncopacma polychromella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae, it was described by Hans Rebel in 1902.

Syncopacma polychromella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Syncopacma
Species:	S. polychromella
Binomial name
Syncopacma polychromella (Rebel, 1902)
Synonyms
List Anacampsis polychromella Rebel, 1902 Syncopacma faceta Meyrick, 1914 Anacampsis argyrolobiella Caradja, 1920 Anacampsis polychromella var. rebeliella Caradja, 1920 Aproaerema polychromella (Rebel, 1902)

Description

The wingspan is 7–10 mm.[1] The head is white. The thorax brown mixed with white. The forewings are pale brown with a post median jagged white band and a dark apical 1/3.

Range

It is found on the Iberian Peninsula and in the Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Croatia, North Macedonia, Greece and Russia, as well as on the Canary Islands, Sicily, Malta and Crete.[2] It is also present in Algeria, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, Yemen, Central Asia (including Uzbekistan), Sudan, Namibia and South Africa. It has been recorded in Denmark, France, Great Britain and Ireland.[3] In Britain the moth was first recorded, in February 1952, at Bexley, Kent and the second at Hook, Surrey in February 1992; most likely as accidental introductions.[4] It has since been recorded as a migrant to England.[5]

Immigration

In December 2015, during an extended period of airflow from as far south as the Azores, at least seventeen have been reported in southern England over three days (16 – 19 December).[6]

Host plant

The larvae feed on Astragalus unifoliolatus.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• images representing Aproaerema polychromella at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Lepiforum
• UK Moths

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