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- Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant 
- Day-flying
- difficult to identify - detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.Confusion Species: Nematopogon schwarziellus
ID pointers: A medium-sized, brownish or brownish-yellow moth with long antennae. The antennae are filamentous and white, in the male two and a half to three times as long as the forewing, in the female almost twice as long as the forewing. The head is covered with yellowish, erect, hair-like scales. In the male, the forewing is rather dark brown, rather dull, often with a more or less clear, light net pattern in the outer part. In the female, usually much lighter, brownish-yellow with a certain bronze-like sheen. The hind-wing is grey without any conspicuous sheen, thinly scaled. Head is orange, face whitish.
Distribution: A nationally scarce species – Significant record – Only 2 records prior to 2010 – Mostly likely to be found on the moors of Derbyshire where the food plant exists.
*** Last updated on 22 February 2025 by TD ***
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