Species Details

ABH: 35.095

BF: 791

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Gelechiinae

Taxon: Chionodes distinctella

Authority: (Zeller, 1839)

Vernacular: Moss Groundling

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) on dry sandy areas in England and Wales, with a few isolated populations in Scotland and Ireland. Known in the past from the New Forest, Hayling Island and the Itchen Valley in Hampshire, but with no records until its rediscovery in the Forest in 2022. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 14-15 mm. Larva feeds within roots of various grasses.

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: 14 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 11 Aug (2005) — 11 Aug (2005)

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

Foodplant: Artemisia campestris (Field Wormwood).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce A

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2005

Latest Year: 2005

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