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Micro Moth Identification - Page 1

Micro moths listed in family groups.

MICROPTERIGIDAE - ERIOCRANIIDAE - NEPTICULIDAE - INCURVARIIDAE

Incurvariidae oehlmanniella – (Common Bright) – Wingspan about 14 mm. …Around the larval foodplants.The adults fly in June and July.The larvae feed on Bilberry and Cloudberry at first mining the leaves, then cutting out a portable case and dropping to the ground, where they feed on dead leaves.

LONGHORNS - ADELIDAE

Nemophora scabiosella – Wingspan: 15-20mmFoodplant(s): Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis), Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria)Flying: One generation, June-JulyUK Presence: Resident

CASE-BEARERS - PSYCHIDAE

TINEIDAE

NAME – Nemapogon sp – WINGSPAN – 12mm – FLIGHT TIME – June-August – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Woodland – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – bracket fungus especially of the genus Coriolus and on dead wood

GRACILLARIIDAE

NAME – Caloptilia populetorum – WINGSPAN – 11-14 mm – FLIGHT TIME – August onwards overwintering and may be seen until April or May – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Moorland and Heath – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Birch leaves initially in a gallery then rolling a leaf and feeding within

CHOREUTIDAE

NAME – Anthophila fabriciana – (Nettle Tap Moth) – WINGSPAN – between 10 and 15mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-Oct – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Common Nettle

NAME – Anthophila fabriciana – (Nettle Tap Moth) – WINGSPAN – between 10 and 15mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-Oct – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Common Nettle

NAME – Anthophila fabriciana – (Nettle Tap Moth) – WINGSPAN – between 10 and 15mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-Oct – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Common Nettle

NAME – Anthophila fabriciana – (Nettle Tap Moth) – WINGSPAN – between 10 and 15mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-Oct – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Common Nettle

NAME – Anthophila fabriciana – (Nettle Tap Moth) – WINGSPAN – between 10 and 15mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-Oct – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Common Nettle

NAME – Anthophila fabriciana – (Nettle Tap Moth) – WINGSPAN – between 10 and 15mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-Oct – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Common Nettle

GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE

YPONOMEUTIDAE - ARGYRESTHIINAE

NAME – Argyresthia goedartella – WINGSPAN – 10-13 mm – FLIGHT TIME – June-August – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Birch Woodland – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Birch catkins

YPONOMEUTIDAE - YPONOMEUTINAE

NAME – Yponomeuta evonymella – Bird Cherry Ermine – WINGSPAN – 12mm – FLIGHT TIME – Jul-Aug – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Bird Cherry – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Bird Cherry

NAME – Yponomeuta evonymella – Bird Cherry Ermine – WINGSPAN – 12mm – FLIGHT TIME – Jul-Aug – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Bird Cherry – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Bird Cherry

NAME – Yponomeuta evonymella – Bird Cherry Ermine – WINGSPAN – 12mm – FLIGHT TIME – Jul-Aug – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Bird Cherry – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Bird Cherry

NAME – Yponomeuta malinellus – Apple Ermine – WINGSPAN – 20mm – FLIGHT TIME – Jul-Aug – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Where food plant grows – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Apple on 4-5 yr old shoots

NAME – Yponomeuta malinellus – Apple Ermine – WINGSPAN – 20mm – FLIGHT TIME – Jul-Aug – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Where food plant grows – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Apple on 4-5 yr old shoots

NAME – Yponomeuta malinellus – Apple Ermine – WINGSPAN – 20mm – FLIGHT TIME – Jul-Aug – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Where food plant grows – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Apple on 4-5 yr old shoots

NAME – Yponomeuta padella – Orchard Ermine – WINGSPAN – 20mm – FLIGHT TIME – Jul-Aug – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Where food plant grows – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Blackthorn-Hawthorn-Cherry-Plum

NAME – Yponomeuta cagnagella – Spindle Ermine – WINGSPAN – 25mm – FLIGHT TIME – Jul-Aug – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Calcareous soils – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Spindle

NAME – Swammerdamia pyrella – WINGSPAN – 12mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-Aug – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Where larval food plants Grows – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Apple-Pear-Hawthorn

NAME – Swammerdamia pyrella – WINGSPAN – 12mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-Aug – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Where larval food plants Grows – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Apple-Pear-Hawthorn

NAME – Paraswammerdamia albicapitella – WINGSPAN – 10-13 mm – FLIGHT TIME – July – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Where Blackthorn Grows – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Blackthorn

Unidentified Ermine Moth

YPONOMEUTIDAE - YPSOLOPHINAE

NAME – Ypsolopha dentella – Honeysuckle Moth – – WINGSPAN – 22mm – FLIGHT TIME – Jul-Aug – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Woodland and Gardens – LARVAL FOOD PLANT –-Honeysuckle

YPONOMEUTIDAE - PLUTELLINAE

NAME – Plutella xylostella – Diamond-back Moth – WINGSPAN – 14mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-Jul-Sept – DISTRIBUTION – Migrant – HABITAT – Where food plant grows – LARVAL FOOD PLANT –-Brassica

NAME – Plutella xylostella – Diamond-back Moth – WINGSPAN – 14mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-Jul-Sept – DISTRIBUTION – Migrant – HABITAT – Where food plant grows – LARVAL FOOD PLANT –-Brassica

NAME – Plutella xylostella – Diamond-back Moth – WINGSPAN – 14mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-Jul-Sept – DISTRIBUTION – Migrant – HABITAT – Where food plant grows – LARVAL FOOD PLANT –-Brassica

NAME – Plutella xylostella – Diamond-back Moth – WINGSPAN – 14mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-Jul-Sept – DISTRIBUTION – Migrant – HABITAT – Where food plant grows – LARVAL FOOD PLANT –-Brassica

NAME – Plutella xylostella – Diamond-back Moth – WINGSPAN – 14mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-Jul-Sept – DISTRIBUTION – Migrant – HABITAT – Where food plant grows – LARVAL FOOD PLANT –-Brassica

YPONOMEUTIDAE - ACROLEPIINAE

EPERMIIDAE

COLEOPHORIDAE

NAME – Blastobasis adustella – WINGSPAN – 10mm – FLIGHT TIME – Aug–Sept DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain HABITAT – Various Predominantly coastal LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Variety of plants includes decaying matter

NAME – Coleophora sp – WINGSPAN – 10-17mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-Aug – DISTRIBUTION – HABITAT – LARVAL FOOD PLANT

ELACHISTIDAE

OECOPHORIDAE

NAME – Agonopterix heracliana – WINGSPAN – 21mm – FLIGHT TIME – Sept-April DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain HABITAT – Various LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Umbelliferous plants

NAME – Alabonia geoffrella – WINGSPAN – 20mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-June DISTRIBUTION – Southern Britain HABITAT – Woods and Marshes LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Underbark of deadwood

NAME – Carcina quercana – WINGSPAN – 20mm – FLIGHT TIME – July-Aug DISTRIBUTION – Southern Britain HABITAT – Woodland LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Oak-Beech

NAME – Carcina quercana – WINGSPAN – 20mm – FLIGHT TIME – July-Aug DISTRIBUTION – Southern Britain HABITAT – Woodland LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Oak-Beech

NAME – Endrosis sarcitrella – White-shouldered House Moth – WINGSPAN – 20mm – FLIGHT TIME – Any month – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – often indoors – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Dead Plant and Animal Matter

NAME – Endrosis sarcitrella – White-shouldered House Moth – WINGSPAN – 20mm – FLIGHT TIME – Any month – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – often indoors – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Dead Plant and Animal Matter

NAME – Endrosis sarcitrella – White-shouldered House Moth – WINGSPAN – 20mm – FLIGHT TIME – Any month – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – often indoors – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Dead Plant and Animal Matter

NAME – Esperia sulphurella – WINGSPAN – 15mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-June – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Woods-Day Flyer – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Dead wood

NAME – Esperia sulphurella – WINGSPAN – 15mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-June – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Woods-Day Flyer – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Dead wood

NAME – Esperia sulphurella – WINGSPAN – 15mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-June – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Woods-Day Flyer – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Dead wood

NAME – Esperia sulphurella – WINGSPAN – 15mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-June – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Woods-Day Flyer – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Dead wood

NAME – Esperia sulphurella – WINGSPAN – 15mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-June – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – Woods-Day Flyer – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Dead wood

NAME – Hofmannophila pseudospretella – Brown House moth – WINGSPAN – 20mm – FLIGHT TIME – Any Month – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – often inside – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Dead plant and animal matter-old wool and leather

NAME – Hofmannophila pseudospretella – Brown House moth – WINGSPAN – 20mm – FLIGHT TIME – Any Month – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – often inside – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Dead plant and animal matter-old wool and leather

NAME – Hofmannophila pseudospretella – Brown House moth – WINGSPAN – 20mm – FLIGHT TIME – Any Month – DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain – HABITAT – often inside – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Dead plant and animal matter-old wool and leather

NAME – Tachystola acroxantha – WINGSPAN – 18mm – FLIGHT TIME – May-Sept – DISTRIBUTION – South of Lancashire – HABITAT – Leaf Litter – LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Leaf Litter

ETHMIIDAE

GELECHIIDAE

NAME – Oecophoridae Sp – concealer moth – WINGSPAN – FLIGHT TIME – DISTRIBUTION – HABITAT – LARVAL FOOD PLANT –

NAME – Syncopacma larseniella – WINGSPAN – 12mm FLIGHT TIME – June-July DISTRIBUTION – Southern-Eastern Britain HABITAT – Rough Ground LARVAL FOOD PLANT – greater Bird-Foots trefoil

NAME – Syncopacma larseniella – WINGSPAN – 12mm FLIGHT TIME – June-July DISTRIBUTION – Southern-Eastern Britain HABITAT – Rough Ground LARVAL FOOD PLANT – greater Bird-Foots trefoil

BLASTOBASIDAE

NAME – Blastobasis adustella – Furness Dowd – WINGSPAN – 15-20mm FLIGHT TIME – Aug-Sept DISTRIBUTION – Southern-Eastern Britain HABITAT – Woodland-Heaths-Gardens LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Decaying Vegetable matter

NAME – Blastobasis adustella – Furness Dowd – WINGSPAN – 15-20mm FLIGHT TIME – Aug-Sept DISTRIBUTION – Southern-Eastern Britain HABITAT – Woodland-Heaths-Gardens LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Decaying Vegetable matter

NAME – Blastobasis adustella – Furness Dowd – WINGSPAN – 15-20mm FLIGHT TIME – Aug-Sept DISTRIBUTION – Southern-Eastern Britain HABITAT – Woodland-Heaths-Gardens LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Decaying Vegetable matter

NAME – Blastobasis adustella – Furness Dowd – WINGSPAN – 15-20mm FLIGHT TIME – Aug-Sept DISTRIBUTION – Southern-Eastern Britain HABITAT – Woodland-Heaths-Gardens LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Decaying Vegetable matter

NAME: Blastobasis lacticolella/ WINGSPAN: 18-21mm / FLIGHT TIME: May-June & Autumn / HABITAT: Hedgerows, woodland, gardens / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Larva feeds on various mosses, dead insects, detritus, decaying vegetable matter, also on seedpods of Tree Lupin and Tansy

OECOPHORIDAE - STATHMOPODINAE

MOMPHIDAE

NAME – Mompha divisella – WINGSPAN – 11mm FLIGHT TIME – August and Spring DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain HABITAT – Wet Woodland-Waste Ground-Shady Areas LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Willowherbs

NAME – Mompha divisella – WINGSPAN – 11mm FLIGHT TIME – August and Spring DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain HABITAT – Wet Woodland-Waste Ground-Shady Areas LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Willowherbs

NAME – Mompha sp WINGSPAN – 10-16mm FLIGHT TIME – May-August DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain HABITAT – Wet Woodland-Ditches-Stream Banks LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Willowherbs

NAME – Mompha subbistrigella- WINGSPAN – 10mm FLIGHT TIME – July-August DISTRIBUTION – Throughout Britain HABITAT – Wet Woodland-Ditches-Stream Banks LARVAL FOOD PLANT – Willowherbs

COSMOPTERIGIDAE

SCYTHRIDIDAE

ALUCITIDAE

NAME: Alucita hexadactyla – Twenty-plume Moth / WINGSPAN: 14-16mm / FLIGHT TIME: Any Time / HABITAT: Gardens- Open woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Honeysuckle Buds

NAME: Alucita hexadactyla – Twenty-plume Moth / WINGSPAN: 14-16mm / FLIGHT TIME: Any Time / HABITAT: Gardens- Open woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Honeysuckle Buds

NAME: Alucita hexadactyla – Twenty-plume Moth / WINGSPAN: 14-16mm / FLIGHT TIME: Any Time / HABITAT: Gardens- Open woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Honeysuckle Buds

NAME: Alucita hexadactyla – Twenty-plume Moth / WINGSPAN: 14-16mm / FLIGHT TIME: Any Time / HABITAT: Gardens- Open woodland / LARVAL FOODPLANT: Honeysuckle Buds

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