Tineidae

12.004 Cornish Detritus Moth Infurcitinea captans Gozmány, 1960

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Similar species:

Forewing: 3.5 to 5mm

Habitats: Coastal heaths in areas of sparse vegetation.

Habits: The moth flies low over the ground at dusk.

Foodplant: The larva lives in a frass-dotted spinning on the ground while feeding on dead leaves, dead flowers and detritus dropped from Hairy Green-weed and Bell Heather. It pupates in a cocoon covered in frass, soil and plant debris.