Sussex Moth Group: Chionodes fumatella

Chionodes fumatella (Douglas, 1850)

Smoky Groundling
(Downland Groundling)
35.0960 (B&F: 790)

Synonym(s):
Chionodes celerella (Stainton, 1851)
Chionodes oppletella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)

»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Gelechioidea
    »Family: Gelechiidae
      »Subfamily: Gelechiinae
        »Tribe: Hypercalliini

Number of records: 10
Recorded in: 6 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 22 vi 2017

Identification
difficulty

: 4Adult: Dissection required

Caught at Climping on 23rd July 1998 and at Church Norton on 12th August 2002 and 15th August 2002. In East Sussex caught at Camber on 19th July 1979 and Rye Harbour on 25th July 1997. (Pratt,2011)

Distribution at 1km scale

Distribution at 1km scale

Phenology (adult)

No larval records