Species Details

ABH: 12.008

BF: 206

Family: Tineidae

Subfamily: Meessiinae

Taxon: Stenoptinea cyaneimarmorella

=Stenoptinea angustipennis

Authority: (Millière, 1854)

Vernacular: Cyan Marbled

Account: Formerly thought to be extinct in Britain, this species is now known from a few recent records in south-eastern England. There are very few old records, and the last entry in MBGBI Vol. 2 was in 1979 (MBGBI). Now known from Essex (2006 and 2019) and Buckinghamshire (2005 - 2013) (source: mothdissection.co.uk), and new to Norfolk in 2020, with one attracted to the HYL lure used for Raspberry Clearwing Similar to Dichomeris alacella, but with yellow/orange head tuft.

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: 12 — 14 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 7 Jul (2010) — 7 Jul (2010)

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

Foodplant: Lichenes.

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

Status: pRDB1

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 3 — Difficult to identify 🤔🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/stenoptinea-cyaneimarmorella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2010

Latest Year: 2010

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