Gelechiidae

35.088 Mottled Groundling Neofriseria singula (Staudinger, 1876)

pRDB1

Similar species:

Forewing: 6 to 7mm

Habitats: Heathland and breckland.

Habits: The moth can be swept from the foodplant. It occasionally flies in the day and comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva feeds from within a silk tube at the base of Sheep's Sorrel. It is associated with Sheep's Sorrel growing on ant hills. It possibly pupates in the leaf litter.