Species Details

ABH: 35.152

BF: 764

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Gelechiinae

Taxon: Pseudotelphusa scalella

Authority: (Scopoli, 1763)

Vernacular: Pied Oak Moth

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in oak woodland in parts of southern England, north to Yorkshire Unmistakable. Larva feeds on mosses growing on Oak.

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: 11 — 13 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 7 Jun (2006) — 7 Jun (2006)

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

Foodplant: Musci.

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: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/pseudotelphusa-scalella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2006

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