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GELECHIIDAE | Gelechiinae | Litini
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35.160 Stenolechia gemmella (Black-dotted Groundling)
ws: 10-11mm; Jul-Sep; oak (Quercus spp); common in woodland in England and Wales
Stenolechia gemmella §2 male
Generic features: Labial palp slender, S2 rough-scaled ventrally; Antenna without pecten; Forewing lanceolate with tufts of erect scales;
Hindwing narrower than forewing, trapezoidal, termen emarginte, apex acutely produced
Male genitalia: costa spinose, separate from digitate sacculus; aedagus strongly curved
Female genitalia: signa two strong thorns; ostium with pronounced posteriorly-directed flap.
ID: Forewing ground colour white, variably suffused fuscous with the following blackish markings - a nearly complete, oblique median fascia; a spot on costa between fascia and base; a spot at tornus
Hindwing narrower than forewing, trapezoidal, termen emarginte, apex acutely produced
Male genitalia: costa spinose, separate from digitate sacculus; aedagus strongly curved
Female genitalia: signa two strong thorns; ostium with pronounced posteriorly-directed flap.
ID: Forewing ground colour white, variably suffused fuscous with the following blackish markings - a nearly complete, oblique median fascia; a spot on costa between fascia and base; a spot at tornus
§1 New Forest, Hampshire; 31/08/2013; female; fw 4.9mm
§2 New Forest, Hampshire; 14/08/2018; male; fw 4.6mm
§3 Pound Wood, Essex; 23/08/2020; male; fw 4.1mm
§4 Pound Wood, Essex; 25/08/2021; male; fw 4.3mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 New Forest, Hampshire; 14/08/2018; male; fw 4.6mm
§3 Pound Wood, Essex; 23/08/2020; male; fw 4.1mm
§4 Pound Wood, Essex; 25/08/2021; male; fw 4.3mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 11/11/2013 (§1) | §2 added and text amended 19/02/2019 | §3 added 08/02/2021 | §4 added 15/12/2021
