Species Details

ABH: 12.033

BF: 247

Family: Tineidae

Subfamily: Tineinae

Taxon: Tinea trinotella

Authority: Thunberg, 1794

Vernacular: Triple-spotted Nest Moth

Account: Common in bird nests throughout Britain and Ireland Resembles T. semifulvella, but the head is not mottled with dark brown (MBGBI Vol 2). Larva feeds on detritus in bird nests.

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 — 17 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 19 Apr (2011) — 18 Aug (2010)

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: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/tinea-trinotella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 106

Individuals: 13

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2025

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