Species Details

ABH: 35.073

BF: 737

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Anomologinae

Taxon: Monochroa palustrellus

Authority: (Douglas, 1850)

Vernacular: Dock Streak

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in waste ground, dry pastures and sand-dunes, south-east of a line from Somerset to Norfolk (MBGBI Vol 4 part 2) Larva feeds within roots and lower stems of Curled Dock and Dock, over-wintering as an egg or small larva.

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: 15 — 19 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jul (2014) — 13 Jul (2010)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 5 — Adults unidentifiable 😖 or pending grading 🧐
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/monochroa-palustrellus/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2010

Latest Year: 2014

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