Species Details

ABH: 12.031

BF: 239

Family: Tineidae

Subfamily: Tineinae

Taxon: Tinea columbariella

Authority: Wocke, 1877

Vernacular: Dovecot Moth

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) in and around farm buildings and houses in southern England, with records north to Lancashire Resembles dark forms of one of the Case-bearing Clothes Moth T. pellionella group but the first discal and plical stigmata are lacking and the second discal is sometimes scarcely visible. Larva feeds on feathers in bird nests and detritus, living within a silken case.

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 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 12 Jun (2006) — 1 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 A

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 3 — Difficult to identify, an image may be required 🤔🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/tinea-columbariella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 6

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2010

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