Species Details

ABH: 35.105

BF: 806

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Gelechiinae

Taxon: Gelechia nigra

Authority: (Haworth, 1828)

Vernacular: Black Gelechia

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) in woodland and river-banks in parts of southern England, with records north to Yorkshire and west to Somerset, Worcestershire and Cornwall (MBGBI Vol 4 part 2) Larva feeds on Aspen, White Poplar and Grey Poplar.

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 — 18 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 23 Jun (2020) — 31 Jul (2011)

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

Foodplant: Populus alba (White Poplar), Populus canescens., Populus tremula (Aspen).

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: 3 — Difficult to identify 🤔🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/gelechia-nigra/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2020

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