Gelechia rhombella
Apple Groundling
Can be identified by its sharp black 'shoulder-patches' and dark spots on a greyish brown forewing.
Various habitats, especially where the larval foodplant occurs.
Adult moths fly in July and August and come to light.
The larva feeds in a folded leaf, or between spun leaves, of Apple (Malus).
Uncommon but relatively well-distributed over much of England and North Wales, and extends into Scotland and parts of eastern Ireland. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as Nationally Scarce B
It appears to be uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland, where there are few records. L&R Moth Group status = D (rare or rarely recorded).
Mark Skevington
Whetstone Garden
17/07/2017
Mark Skevington
Whetstone Garden
17/07/2017
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Species profile
- Common names
- Apple Groundling
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Gelechiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 17/07/2017 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 17/07/2017 (Skevington, Mark)
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