Species Details

ABH: 35.098

BF: 801

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Gelechiinae

Taxon: Gelechia scotinella

Authority: Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

Vernacular: Blackthorn Gelechia

Account: Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) in mature hedgerows and scrubland in parts of Worcestershire, Hertfordshire and Essex; possibly overlooked elsewhere. Larva feeds within stems and flowers of Blackthorn.

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: 10 — 12 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Jul (2006) — 20 Jul (2024)

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

Foodplant: Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn).

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

Status: pRDB2

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/gelechia-scotinella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2006

Latest Year: 2024

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