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Gelechia sororculella (Hübner, [1817])

Eyed Gelechia
(Dark-striped Groundling)
35.1010 (B&F: 802a)


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

Number of records: 21
Recorded in: 12 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 10 vii 2015
Identification 
difficulty 
: 2Adult: Can be confused with other species

Resident. Occurs singly at mv light on a few heathery commons in both vice-counties. Scarce and in decline. Single brooded flying mainly during July, in the early 20th Century adults were found in May and June in the Eastbourne area. The larvae feed inside the shoots of sallow. (Pratt,2011)

Gelechia sororculella
Henfield, 4 vii 2025
Photo: Charles Waters

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