35.099 – BF801a  –  Gelechiidae –  Gelechiinae – Gelechia senticetella – Cypress Gelechia – (Staudinger, 1859) Adult Micro:  CAT 3 – Very Rare/Scarce/Migrant/Adventive – confusion with leaf mines       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Brown –  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant    
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Gelechiidae  >> Gelechiinae
Other Name/s: Cypress Groundling
ID Difficulty:  amber  – care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely – quality photographs required.
ID pointers: Forewing greyish tinged yellowish brown to reddish brown and densely speckled blackish. Veins variably outlined blackish and dark spots or streaks, sometimes joined to form a longitudinal streak through the centre of the forewing. 
Distribution:  (Last record: 27 July 2025 at Kings Newton )  –  Found on Juniper and Cypress but current status in the county unknown. Seems to be restricted to the SE corner of Derbyshire where a handful of records have occurred. Probably arrived in the county via garden centres associated with the food plants.
Flight Period: July /  August /  –  On the wing in July – August. Moth Activity: Nocturnal   – and is attracted to light Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Stephen Plant, Will Soar; Tony Davison  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 28 July 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 10-13mm
Food Plant: Juniper, Cypresses.
Last Recorded Year: 2025
Last Recorded By – Will Soar
Last Recorded General Area – Kings Newton

IMAGES BELOW:  Allestree, Derbyshire – Stephen Plant © / Kings Newton – Will Soar © (4 images 07/08/2020)/ Kings Newton (2025) Tony Davison©

 

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Distribution Map for Gelechia senticetella

Found 14 records
    ↳ 2 from After 2025
    ↳ 12 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 0 from Before 2020

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Bedrock Geology ** indirectly affects moth distribution by influencing the type of habitat and food plants available in an area. In turn, this may affect the types of moths that can thrive, or where they can most likely be found.

Land-cover * shows the variety of land-cover within the VC57 area, based on the CORINE (Coordination of Information on the Environment) forty-four thematic classes of land-cover. This will show, to a greater or lesser degree, the number and variety of moths found in different land-cover types. The UK continues to operate within the Copernicus programme, with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) providing Corine Land Cover (CLC) datasets for the UK and its territories.


NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Gelechia senticetella

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Gelechia senticetella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Monthly Counts By Year: Gelechia senticetella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


First/Last Recorded Dates: Gelechia senticetella
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Gelechia senticetella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Gelechia senticetella
AGR: -5.59%   |   Total % Change: -25%


CUSUM Analysis: Gelechia senticetella
About this chart: CUSUM (Cumulative Sum) charts track long-term trends in moth populations [ filtered by 'Adult' and 'Mine' life stages ] by showing whether each year’s counts are above or below the historical average. Even small shifts build up over time, making trends of growth, stability, or decline easier to see. CUSUM highlights trend-consistency — asking: “Across the years, have moth counts mostly stayed above or below average?”
The data sample has 20 gap year/s here (zero records) between 2000 and 2025. The moth may have been present in those gap years, but no data was available. Too many year-gaps may exaggerate or skew the chart.

Counts for the current year (2025) are pro-rated based on data available up to month 7 (July) to provide a full-year equivalent.

Purple line rises = years better than average; falls = years worse than average.
Peak (best year) Trough (worst year) Growth periods Decline periods
Population peaked around 2023, reaching above average levels. The lowest population point occurred near 2021, showing a significant decline.

What the Y-axis "Cumulative Deviation" means: Cumulative Deviation shows the running total of how each year’s moth population count differs from the long-term average. i

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Gelechia senticetella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Gelechia senticetella
( data includes Adult Stage only )

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Gelechia senticetella – 14 records available

Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns

TaxonSite NameTetradYearDateCountStageSource
Gelechia senticetellaChaddesden GardenSK33T202511/08/20251adultvc57_irecords_extract
Gelechia senticetellaChaddesden, DerbySK33T202511/07/20251adultvc57_irecords_extract
Gelechia senticetellaWoodland AveSK43R202402/08/20241adultvc57_irecords_extract
Gelechia senticetellaSandiacre gardenSK43S202409/07/20241adultvc57_irecords_extract
Gelechia senticetellaWoodland AveSK43R202328/07/20234adultvc57_irecords_extract
Gelechia senticetellaWoodland AveSK43R202213/08/20221adultvc57_irecords_extract
Gelechia senticetellaWoodland AveSK43R202219/07/20223Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Gelechia senticetellaWoodland AveSK43R202118/07/20211adultvc57_irecords_extract
Gelechia senticetellaWoodland AveSK43R202009/08/20201adultvc57_irecords_extract
Gelechia senticetellaMain Street, Kings NewtonSK32Y202007/08/20201Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Gelechia senticetellaWoodland AveSK43R202006/07/20201adultvc57_irecords_extract
Gelechia senticetellaWoodland AveSK43R202017/07/20202adultvc57_irecords_extract
Gelechia senticetellaWoodland AveSK43R202029/07/20202adultvc57_irecords_extract
Gelechia senticetellaDouglas Rd, Long EatonSK43S202012/07/20201adultDanes_2019-2021

 
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