Species Details

ABH: 35.143

BF: 774

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Gelechiinae

Taxon: Teleiodes luculella

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: White Crescent

Account: Common in oak woodland throughout England and Wales. Superficially similar to the very rare immigrant T. flavimaculella, which see. Larva feeds on Oak, living between leaves spun together with silk, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 22 Apr (2007) — 27 Aug (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: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/teleiodes-luculella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 190

Individuals: 180

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2025

« Previous Random 🎲 Next »