Species Details

ABH: 12.038

BF: 229

Family: Tineidae

Subfamily: Tineinae

Taxon: Monopis obviella

=Monopis ferruginella

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Yellow-backed Detritus Moth

Account: Local in barns, warehouses and granaries throughout much of southern Britain, with records north to southern Scotland Similar to M. crocicapitella, which see for differences. Larva feeds on woollen materials and refuse, and detritus in bird nests.

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: 10 — 13 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 24 May (2007) — 12 Oct (2001)

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: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/monopis-obviella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 12

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1986

Latest Year: 2019

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