Species Details

ABH: 11.006

BF: 181

Family: Psychidae

Subfamily: Taleporiinae

Taxon: Taleporia tubulosa

Authority: (Retzius, 1783)

Vernacular: Brown Bagworm

Account: Local in woodland and rough meadows throughout much of the British Isles. In Hampshire cases can be found in woodland, on rocks and old walls, and are widespread and common on the mainland, although there are no recent record from the Isle of Wight. Wingspan male 15-20 mm, female wingless. The adult moths are seen occasionally, but most records are of larval cases. Larva feeds on various lichens, dead insects and decaying vegetable matter, living within a movable case, over-wintering once or twice. The case is constructed of silk coated with lichen, fine sand and bark, and can be found.

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: male 15 — 20 mm; female wingless

Surrey Flight Period: 26 May (2016) — 28 Jun (2015)

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: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1m — Relatively easily identified (males only) 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/taleporia-tubulosa/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 70

Individuals: 33

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2024

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