Pyralidae – Phycitinae – Matilella fusca- Brown Knot-horn
STATUS – Was Pyla fusca. A species of heathland and moorland and widely distributed across the heather moorland in Derbyshire. Has a habit of resting on burnt heather, where its colouration makes for cryptic camouflage.
ID POINTERS – Sooty black with finer pale speckling and dusting and two paler cross-lines.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing during May – August
IMAGES – Buxton, Derbyshire – Steve Orridge©
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