Tineidae

12.0221 Scarce Dark Fungus Moth Nemapogon falstriella (Bang-Haas, 1881)

Immigrant

Similar species: Psychoides filicivora lacks the white crest, white blotch at a third near the trailing edge of the forewing and the white stria along the leading edge. Check the genitalia to identify.

Forewing: 4 to 5mm

Habitats: Mixed woodland.

Habits: First recorded in a poly-tunnel at Ipswich Golf Course, Purdis Heath, Suffolk on 8th August 2007. The moth has since been recorded at light in Essex. It occasionally flies in the day.

Foodplant: The larva is thought to feed on bracket fungi and the surrounding dead wood.