Gelechiidae

35.138 Winter Groundling Caryocolum junctella (Douglas, 1851)

pRDB3

Similar species:

Forewing: 4.5 to 5.5mm

Habitats: Woodland rides and margins, tree sheltered grassland, green lanes and shelterd hedgerow verges.

Habits: The moth rests on tree trunks during the day. It flies in evening sunshine and later comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva feeds on Lesser Stitchwort or Sticky Mouse-ear. It mines a gallery in a leaf and later it spins the terminal shoots. On the European mainland it is also recorded from Field Mouse-ear, Common Chickweed.