Species Details

ABH: 12.012

BF: 224

Family: Tineidae

Subfamily: Nemapogoninae

Taxon: Triaxomera parasitella

Authority: (Hübner, 1796)

Vernacular: Brindled Fungus Moth

Account: Local in woodland throughout much of southern England, with records north to southern Scotland Larva feeds on bracket fungus and dead wood.

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: 16 — 21 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 29 May (2005) — 12 Jul (2013)

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

Foodplant: Trametes versicolor.

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/triaxomera-parasitella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 17

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2018

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