Species Details

ABH: 12.037

BF: 228

Family: Tineidae

Subfamily: Tineinae

Taxon: Monopis weaverella

Authority: (Scott, 1858)

Vernacular: Carrion Moth

Account: Common in a wide range of habitats throughout Britain, more numerous in the north. Very similar to Skin Moth M. laevigella, and some of the criteria quoted for the separation of the two species are of limited use when confronted with a single specimen in isolation. Larva feeds on dead animals and animal waste, often 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: 13 — 18 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 22 Apr (2019) — 10 Oct (2014)

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: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 72

Individuals: 37

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2025

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