Species Details

ABH: 35.037

BF: 840

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Thiotrichinae

Taxon: Thiotricha subocellea

Authority: (Stephens, 1834)

Vernacular: Marjoram Case-bearer

Account: Local in dry grassland in Wales and southern England, and in scattered localities as far north as Kincardineshire (MBGBI Vol 4 part 2) Larva feeds on seeds of Wild Marjoram, living within a movable case, 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 — 11 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 25 Jun (2017) — 24 Jul (2010)

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

Foodplant: Mentha aquatica (Water Mint), Origanum sp.

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/thiotricha-subocellea/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 16

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2020

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