Species Details

ABH: 12.006

BF: 203

Family: Tineidae

Subfamily: Meessiinae

Taxon: Infurcitinea argentimaculella

Authority: (Stainton, 1849)

Vernacular: Silver-barred Lichen Moth

Account: Local in damp shady places throughout much of England, more numerous in the south Similar to Eudarcia richardsoni, which see. The larva feeds in a silken tube amongst lichens growing on shaded walls and rocks, sometimes 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: 8 — 9 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 16 Jul (2009) — 16 Jul (2009)

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

Foodplant: Lepraria sp., Lichenes.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/infurcitinea-argentimaculella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 4

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2007

Latest Year: 2009

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