Species Details

ABH: 1.001

BF: 1

Family: Micropterigidae

Taxon: Micropterix tunbergella

Authority: (Fabricius, 1787)

Vernacular: Red-barred Pollen-moth

Account: Local in woodland throughout England and Wales as far north as the Lake District and Northumberland Adults have purple markings on a metallic golden ground and orange head tufts. The larval food is apparently unknown, various alternatives have been suggested, including the pollen of oak, sycamore and other plants, minute particles of leaf litter, and fungal hyphae; larvae have been found up to 10cm deep in stony woodland soil.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 8 — 11 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Apr (2011) — 31 May (2013)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant:

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/micropterix-tunbergella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 13

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2019

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