Species Details

ABH: 12.044

BF: 212

Family: Tineidae

Subfamily: Perissomasticinae

Taxon: Haplotinea insectella

=Haplotinea misella

Authority: (Fabricius, 1794)

Vernacular: Shining Fungus Moth

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in warehouses, granaries, mills and farm buildings in Britain, but very rare in Wales and south-west England Can be separated from H. ditella only by dissection of the genitalia, and is similar to some other tineids. Larva feeds on dried goods, cereals, grain, rice, nuts, seeds, rotten wood, detritus, animal waste, fungi growing on tree trunks.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 11 — 20 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 27 Jul (2008) — 27 Jul (2008)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant:

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/haplotinea-insectella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2008

Latest Year: 2008

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