35.099 – BF801a – Cypress Gelechia – Gelechia senticetella – (Staudinger, 1859)
Adult Micro: CAT 3 – Very rare or scarce species (includes very scarce adventives/immigrants) – 
Leaf-miner: CAT A – Recorded accepted without the leaf or a photo – Larval Case: C1 – Distinctive Species –
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Leaf-miner: CAT A – Recorded accepted without the leaf or a photo – Larval Case: C1 – Distinctive Species – – click for General Verification Guidelines | – click for Specific Verification Guidelines 
– Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant
– 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: 11 August 2025 at Chaddesden ) – 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.
General Comment: None *** Last updated on 20 January 2026 by TD ***
Last Recorded Year: 2025
Last Recorded By – Neil Loverock
Last Recorded General Area – Chaddesden
Selected Images: Allestree, Derbyshire – Stephen Plant © / Kings Newton – Will Soar © (4 images 07/08/2020)/ Kings Newton (2025) Tony Davison© / Chaddesden (2025) Martin Roome©
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Temporal Distribution Chart
Adults: (between 2020 - 2025)
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Distribution Map for Gelechia senticetella
Found 17 records
↳ from 2026+
↳ 17 from 2020 - 2025
↳ from Before 2020
↳ from 2026+
↳ 17 from 2020 - 2025
↳ from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Gelechia senticetella
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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: -4.9% | Total % Change: -22.2%
Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Gelechia senticetella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Gelechia senticetella
Gelechia senticetella
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 2020-2026.
Records Behind the Map and Charts - Gelechia senticetella – 17 records available
Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns
| Site Name | Tetrad | Date | Count | Stage | Recorder | Source | RecordKey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaddesden Garden | SK33T | 11/08/2025 | 1 | adult | loverock, neil | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44381783 |
| King's Newton | SK32Y | 29/07/2025 | 1 | adult | Soar, Will | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC48470428 |
| King's Newton | SK32Y | 27/07/2025 | 1 | adult | Soar, Will | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC48469925 |
| Chaddesden, Derby | SK33T | 11/07/2025 | 1 | adult | roome, martin | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44231439 |
| Woodland Ave | SK43R | 02/08/2024 | 1 | adult | Thorpe, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC40045104 |
| Sandiacre garden | SK43S | 09/07/2024 | 1 | adult | paul buxton | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC36985858 |
| Woodland Ave | SK43R | 28/07/2023 | 4 | adult | Thorpe, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC33496851 |
| Woodland Ave | SK43R | 13/08/2022 | 1 | adult | Thorpe, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC33495143 |
| Woodland Ave | SK43R | 19/07/2022 | 3 | Adult | Thorpe, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC27846522 |
| Woodland Ave | SK43R | 18/07/2021 | 1 | adult | Thorpe, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC33498842 |
| Woodland Ave | SK43R | 09/08/2020 | 1 | adult | Thorpe, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC33502006 |
| Main Street, Kings Newton | SK32Y | 07/08/2020 | 1 | Adult | Soar, Will | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC34060074 |
| Woodland Ave | SK43R | 29/07/2020 | 2 | adult | Thorpe, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC33501755 |
| Allestree, Derby | SK33P | 29/07/2020 | 1 | adult | Plant, Stephen | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC46381494 |
| Woodland Ave | SK43R | 17/07/2020 | 2 | adult | Thorpe, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC33501572 |
| Douglas Rd, Long Eaton | SK43S | 12/07/2020 | 1 | adult | BUXTON, Mr P. | Danes_2019-2021 | 564 |
| Woodland Ave | SK43R | 06/07/2020 | 1 | adult | Thorpe, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC33501414 |