35.132 BF830  –  Gelechiidae –  Gelechiinae – Caryocolum fraternella – Stitchwort Groundling – (Douglas, 1851) Adult Micro:  CAT 4 – Gen. Det. Required – Gen-Det-Reqd       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Black – Uncertain/Unknown – Insufficient Data   
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Gelechiidae  >> Gelechiinae
** Identification write up and photograph required **
Other Name/s: Mouse-ear Groundling
ID Difficulty:  Red – difficult to identify – detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.
Confusion Species: Caryocolum marmorea (Mouse-ear Groundling)
Distribution:  (Last record: 1997 at Dronfield )  –  Uncertain as insufficient data – Only two records Long Eaton 1985 & Dronfield 1997 – DaNES & Harrison & Sterling
General Comment: None
Flight Period: July /  August –  single generation Moth Activity: Cathemeral   – occasionally attracted to light Photographed: No –  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 2 October 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 9-13mm
Food Plant: Stitchworts and common mouse-ear
Last Recorded Year: 1997
Last Recorded By – Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area – Dronfield

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Distribution Map for Caryocolum fraternella

Found 1 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 0 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 1 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Caryocolum fraternella

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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: Caryocolum fraternella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
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Monthly Counts By Year: Caryocolum fraternella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


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

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Recordings By Year: Caryocolum fraternella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Caryocolum fraternella
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
Caryocolum fraternella
Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025
Caryocolum fraternella
Insufficient records/data for a CUSUM analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Caryocolum fraternella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Caryocolum fraternella
( 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 - Caryocolum fraternella – 1 records available

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

Site NameTetradDateCountStageSource
Dowey Lumb NR, DronfieldSK38Q25/07/19971Adultvc57_danes_bc_data

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