Stenolechia gemmella
Black-dotted Groundling
Wingspan 10 to 11 mm. A fairly distinctive Gelechiid moth.
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Associated with Oak and known for its habit of resting in crevices in bark.
It flies between July and September.
The larva feeds on oak (Quercus), feeding in the young shoots.
Distributed widely, but locally in England and Wales. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as local.
Rather infrequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Dave Gamble
Leicester Forest East garden
27 August 2020
Dave Gamble
Leicester Forest East garden
27 August 2020
Dave Gamble
Leicester Forest East garden
27 August 2020
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Species profile
- Common names
- Black-dotted Groundling
- Species group:
- insect - moth
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Gelechiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 27/08/2020 (Gamble, David)
- Last record:
- 19/08/2021 (Leonard, Pete)
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