Tinea columbariella
Eaves Clothes Moth
Wingspan 8 to 16 mm.
Any site suitable for providing a larval food source – may be near to habitation.
Mainly recorded in June and July but possibly continually brooded.
Larva feeds on feathers in bird nests and detritus, living within a silken case.
Uncommon or rarely recorded in Britain – mostly recorded from southern England, with records north to Lancashire. Nationally scarce A.
Rare in Leicestershire and Rutland. The Sapcote record of 25th June 2018 is the first for VC55.
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
25 July 2018
1st for VC55 - Confirmed by gen det
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Species profile
- Common names
- Eaves Clothes
- Species group:
- insect - moth
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Tineidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 25/07/2018 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 17/05/2024 (Poole, Adam)
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