Species Details

ABH: 35.160

BF: 755

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Gelechiinae

Taxon: Stenolechia gemmella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Black V Bud Moth

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 13 Jul (2025) — 12 Sep (2019)

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

Foodplant: Quercus sp. (an oak).

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/stenolechia-gemmella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 36

Individuals: 33

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2025

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