Species Details

ABH: 35.097

BF: 800

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Gelechiinae

Taxon: Gelechia rhombella

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Spotted Gelechia

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in orchards in southern and central England, north to Perthshire in Scotland, and in northern Wales and eastern Ireland (MBGBI Vol 4 part 2) Larva feeds on Apple and Pear, living within a spun or rolled leaf.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 12 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 6 Jul (2002) — 25 Jul (2007)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Malus sp. (an apple).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/gelechia-rhombella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2007

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