159 Exoteleia dodecella

GELECHIIDAE | Gelechiinae | Litini

35.159 Exoteleia dodecella (Pine Groundling)

ws: 12-15mm; Jun-Jul; Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris); common in pine woodland throughout Britain

Exoteleia dodecella §1 male

Generic features: Antenna without pecten; Labial palps slender and fairly short; Forewing narrow, lanceolate, with scale-tufts;
Hindwing broader than forewing, trapezoidal, without emargination of termen
Male genitalia: valva filiform with bulbous base; aedeagus curved at base; Female genitalia: no signum

Variation
Dissection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia

§1 Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; 14/07/2011; male
§2 Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; 14/07/2011; male
§3 Torver, Cumbria; 12/07/2015; male; fw 5.9mm; to light
§4 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 04/07/2018; female; fw 5.4mm
§5 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 10/06/2018; male; fw 5.8mm
§6 Cranwich Heath, Norfolk; 05/07/2018; male; fw 6.3mm
§7 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 24/06/2019
§8 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 24/06/2019
All images © Chris Lewis

§9 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 24/06/2020
§10 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 24/06/2020; female; fw 5.8mm
§11 ??; 2020; male
§12 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 12/07/2022