Species Details

ABH: 28.010

BF: 647

Family: Oecophoridae

Subfamily: Oecophorinae

Taxon: Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Authority: (Stainton, 1849)

Vernacular: Brown House-moth

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 7 Apr (2018) — 15 Dec (2013)

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

Foodplant: Detritophagous.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/hofmannophila-pseudospretella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 281

Individuals: 119

Earliest Year: 1996

Latest Year: 2025

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