Scythris productella
Local name: havstrandsfältmal
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Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Scythris productella faces severe habitat loss due to coastal development and infrastructure projects that destroy its specialized sandy beach and dune environments. Climate change poses an additional threat through sea level rise and increased storm intensity, which can erode the narrow coastal strips where this moth's host plants grow. The species' extremely limited distribution along Scandinavian coastlines makes it particularly vulnerable to local extinctions from habitat degradation.
Habitat
This specialized moth inhabits sandy coastal areas, particularly stabilized dunes and beach margins along the Baltic Sea coast. It requires specific host plants that grow in these nutrient-poor, salt-influenced sandy soils typical of northern European coastal environments.
Other threatened species in Scythrididae
Threatened in Austria
Frequently asked questions
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