35.157 BF758 – Gelechiidae – Gelechiinae – Recurvaria leucatella

Gelechiidae – Gelechiinae – Recurvaria leucatella – White-barred Groundling

STATUS – First recorded in the County on 12/8/2007 at Kings Newton. Very few records since. Two more from Kings Newton in 2013 & 2020.

ID POINTERS – Head white. A distinctive pied species with a blackish forewing and a broad white cross-band at one-quarter. A white tornal spot, with one near the costa and white speckling towards the apex.

FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing in Mid June – August

IMAGES – Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Will Soar©

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