Status
Morley’s Final Catalogue: Not listed.
Recent Status: An adventive species first recorded in Britain in 1988. A very local species in Suffolk.
Life Style: A single brooded species that comes to light from June till August. The larvae mine initially and then feed on leaves and shoots from spinnings on Juniperus, Chamaecyparis, Cupressus and Thuja.
Identification: A brown species longitudinally marked with strong black and weaker white streaks. https://mothdissection.co.uk/species.php?Tx=Gelechia_senticetella  | Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required. | |
Recorded in 7 (12%) of 58 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 2001.
Last Recorded in 2023. |