Oecophoridae

28.019 Sulphur Bark Moth Esperia sulphurella (Fabricius, 1775)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 5.5 to 8mm

Habitats: Deciduous and coniferous woodland, mature hedgerows, parks and gardens.

Habits: The moth flies during the morning and at night. It comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva feeds from a frass covered silk tube on dead wood under the bark of many deciduous and coniferous trees. It has also been recorded from rotting Daldinia concentrica fungus. It pupates in a cocoon of silk and frass under bark.