Species Details

ABH: 35.101

BF: 802a

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Gelechiinae

Taxon: Gelechia sororculella

Authority: (Hübner, [1817])

Vernacular: Eyed Gelechia

Account: Common, in woodland, scrubland and marshes, throughout Britain. Possibly under-recorded in Hampshire, given the widespread nature of the foodplant. Wingspan 13-15mm. A brown gelechiid which is distinguished from its congeners by the distinctive white ringed discal spot splitting a black streak along the fold, and a pale angulate postmedian fascia. Larva feeds on catkins and leaves of Goat Willow and Grey Willow, living within a spinning.

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: 13 — 15mm

Surrey Flight Period: 24 Jun (2020) — 13 Aug (2018)

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

Foodplant: Salix sp. (a sallow).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 17

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 2005

Latest Year: 2025

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