Species Details

ABH: 35.096

BF: 790

Family: Gelechiidae

Subfamily: Gelechiinae

Taxon: Chionodes fumatella

Authority: (Douglas, 1850)

Vernacular: Smoky Groundling

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) on sandy beaches and sand-dunes, also inland in dry sandy areas, throughout much of England, northern Wales, eastern Scotland and southern Ireland Larva feeds on various mosses.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 13 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 16 Aug (2012) — 29 Aug (2004)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Musci.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/chionodes-fumatella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2012

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