Species Details

ABH: 12.020

BF: 218

Family: Tineidae

Subfamily: Nemapogoninae

Taxon: Nemapogon variatella

    =Nemapogon personella

Authority: (Clemens, 1859)

Vernacular: Variegated Fungus Moth

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 14 Apr (2007) — 12 May (2008)

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: pRDB3

UK BAP:

WCA:

Moths

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Moths

Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/nemapogon-variatella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2007

Latest Year: 2008