Sussex Moth Group: Caryocolum blandella

Caryocolum blandella (Douglas, 1852)

Barred Groundling
(Short-barred Groundling)
35.1330 (B&F: 832)

Synonym(s):
Caryocolum maculea (Haworth, 1828)
Caryocolum maculella (Stephens, 1834)
Caryocolum nivella (Stephens, 1834)

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

Number of records: 5
Recorded in: 5 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 24 vii 2014

Identification
difficulty

: 2Adult: Can be confused with other species

Resident. Occurs sparingly or fairly commonly to mv light in a few places in West Sussex; undetected in East Sussex since the last listing in 1905. Single-brooded, flying chiefly from mid June to late August. Larvae feed on the (shoots and) seed-capsules of stitchwort (Pratt, 2011).

Etchingham, 23 vii 2014
Photo: Caroline Moore

Distribution at 1km scale

Distribution at 1km scale

Phenology (adult)

No larval records