B&F: 0216

ABH: 12.016

Status:  Resident

Distribution/Abundance:  Common

Primary Habitat:  Woodland

Wingspan:  10-18mm

Flight Period:  May - September

Observations:  Adults are attracted to light, but can also be seen in numbers in woodland clearings at dusk. I recorded 5 individuals in this manner along the main track through Old Dry Hills on 17.vi.2013. The larvae feed mainly on types of bracket fungus.

Confusion Species: Nemapogon granella

L.O.N.:  Weekley Hall Wood & Geddington Chase, rather common, 18 June to July

First Record:  1905, Wallis