Neofriseria singula (Mottled Groundling)


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Neofriseria singula
Mottled Groundling (Staudinger, 1876)
Gelechiidae : Gelechiinae

799 / 35.088

Similar Herts & Middlesex Species
Black-spotted Snout Dichomeris alacella

Wingspan:	13-15mm
Flight:	June - July
Foodplant:	sheep's sorrel
Nat Status:	pRDB1
Verification Grade: Adult: 3

General comments
Extremely local resident.
A species of acid grasslands, recorded at Nomansland Common and Croxley Common Moor (Hertfordshire) plus Enfield and the Fir & Pond Woods Nature Reserve, both in Middlesex. Separation from N. peliella is hugely problematic in some cases.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 4 (10%) of 41 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1980.
Last Recorded in 2013.

Latest Records
Date	#	VC	10k - General Area
22/07/2013	8	21	TL20 - Potters Bar
26/06/2009	28	21	TL20 - Potters Bar
10/07/2005	1	20	TL11 - Harpenden / Wheathampstead
05/07/2003	1	20	TQ09 - Watford / Rickmansworth
08/07/1985	1	21	TQ39 - Enfield / Southgate / Edmonton
16/07/1984	1	21	TQ39 - Enfield / Southgate / Edmonton
01/01/1980 to 31/12/1989	1	20	TL11 - Harpenden / Wheathampstead
01/01/1980 to 31/12/1989	1	20	TQ09 - Watford / Rickmansworth

Further info: Neofriseria singula

	UK Moths		Mothdissection UK
	Lepiforum.de		Herts & Middlesex Moths (Full)

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