Species Details

ABH: 27.003

BF: 871

Family: Autostichidae

Subfamily: Symmocinae

Taxon: Oegoconia deauratella

Authority: (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)

Vernacular: Barred Yellowneck

Account: Local in hedgerows and woodland throughout much of south-eastern England. Recorded for the first time in Hampshire at Farnborough on 10 June 1993. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 11-15 mm. Can only reliably be separated from O. quadripuncta by dissection of the genitalia, but in O. deauratella median fascia usually less than one-third of wing-width broad, and in O. quadripuncta this fascia often sinuous and obsolete on dorsum (MBGBI Vol 4 part 1). Larva feeds on leaf litter and decaying vegetable matter.

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 — 15 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 30 Jun (2006) — 27 Jul (2002)

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: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 10

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2012

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