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Stathmopoda pedella (Linnaeus, 1761)

Alder Signaller
(Alder Signal)
42.0020 (B&F: 877)

Synonym(s):
Stathmopoda cylindrella (Fabricius, [1777])
Stathmopoda angustipennella (Hübner, 1796)


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

Number of records: 40
Recorded in: 15 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 25 vi 2024
Identification 
difficulty 
: 1Adult: Distinctive

Apart from a single record in 1900, this moth has only been found in the Rye, Icklesham and Beckley areas in the far east and at Climping in the west. Adults have been seen in July and early August and are associated with alder (Pratt, 2011).

Stathmopoda pedella
Heyshott Common, 14 vii 2019
Photo: Dave and Pen Green
Stathmopoda pedella
Climping, 19 vi 2011
Photo: Matthew Sennitt
Stathmopoda pedella
Etchingham, 24 vi 2020
Photo: Caroline Moore
Stathmopoda pedella
Scotney Estate, 27 viii 2018
Photo: Charles Waters

Distribution at 1km scale

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No larval records

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