Autostichidae

27.0021 New World Yellowneck Oegoconia novimundi (Busck, 1915)

Immigrant?

Similar species:

Forewing: 5 to 6.5mm

Habitats: Wherever suitable larval foods are found.

Habits: Solitary moths were recorded in Middlesex in 2011 and 2015.

Foodplant: The early stages have not been recorded in Britain. On the European mainland it feeds on decaying vegetable matter on the ground.