Gelechiidae : Gelechiinae
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Carpatolechia alburnella
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Carpatolechia decorella
Black-shouldered Grey

(Haworth, 1812)767 / 35.147
=Winter Oak Groundling
=Teleiodes decorella

Norfolk status
Rare.
Woods and scrub, adults overwinter, sometimes being found again in the following spring.

Characteristic short black longitudinal bar on the wing edge at base of forewing.

Very few records, recent sightings from Mundford in July 2019 (G. Geen, 09/07/2019) and Snettisham and Dersingham in 2021. First recorded in East Norfolk at Scole in 2003 and Broadland Country Park in 2022.

Norfolk/Suffolk border records at Santon Downham (B Palmer, 1987-1989) [SMG]

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 8 (11%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2022.
Additional Stats

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Determination
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Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10kGeneral Area
22/09/2022127TG11Felthorpe
26/08/2021+28TF62Sandringham
31/03/2021128TF63Snettisham
09/07/2019128TL79Mundford
May 2003+27TM17Scole
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Wingspan: 13-14mm.
Flight: July. (overwinters)
Foodplant:   Deciduous oak, Dog-wood
Nat Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3
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