Tineidae

12.001 Wood-ant Moth Myrmecozela ochraceella (Tengström, 1848)

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Similar species:

Forewing: 6 to 8.5mm

Habitats: Open coniferous woodland (not dense pine plantations).

Habits: The moth sits around ant nests after dark and may be disturbed from nests in the day.

Foodplant: The larva feeds for up to two years. It has a loosely spun tube from which it feeds on refuse in the nests of wood ants of the species Formica aquilonia or Formica lugubris.