Oecophoridae

28.009 White-shouldered House Moth Endrosis sarcitrella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 6 to 9.5mm

Habitats: Houses, farm buildings and food and textile warehouses.

Habits: The moth can be found resting on inner walls during the day and later comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva lives in a silk gallery mixed with frass and detritus. It feeds on dried vegetable and animal matter, rotten wood, fungus, paper, dead insects and detritus in birds' nests, wasp nests and bee-hives. It pupates in the feeding place.