Tineidae – Teichobiinae- Psychoides filicivore – Common Fern Moth STATUS – Unknown in Derbyshire with only a handful of records. ID POINTERS – An orange-brown head, with dark brown broad forewings […]
Tineidae – Tineinae – Monopsis obviella – Yellow-backed Detritus Moth STATUS – Unknown in Derbyshire with only 12 reported records between 2012 – 2022. Suspect widespread just simply under-recorded. Very
Tineidae – Tineinae – Monopsis crocicapitella – Pale-backed Detritus Moth STATUS – Unknown in Derbyshire with only seven reported records. Suspect widespread just simply under-recorded. Very difficult to tell apart
Tineidae – Tineinae – Tinea trinotella – Triple-spotted Nest Moth STATUS – Reasonably common and widely distributed in the county. Larvae often found in birds nests ID POINTERS – Yellow head
Tineidae – Tineinae – Monopsis laevigella (rusticella) – Skin Moth STATUS – Widely distributed in the county. Favours a variety of birds nests including Magpie, also Owl pellets and food
Tineidae – Meessiinae – Infurcitinea argentimaculella – Silver-barred Clothes Moth Status – Uncertain – First VC record was 2/7/2019 from Belper (Philip Precey), followed by another from Kings Newton on
Tineidae – Scardiinae – Morophaga choragella – Large Clothes Moth Status – A scarce species throughout the county ID Pointers – The forewings are a sandy brown, prominent along the
Tineidae – Tineinae – Tineola bisselliella – Common Clothes Moth STATUS – Current status unknown. Once common about houses. Due to man-made fabrics and drier central heating systems, the species
Tineidae – Tineinae – Tinea semifulvella STATUS – Widely distributed in the county. Larvae often found in birds nests ID POINTERS – The most attractive of the British Tineidae. Easy to
Tineidae – Nemapogoninae – Nemapogon koenigi (wolffiella) • STATUS – Rare in Derbyshire – This specimen is the first county record, trapped at Kings Newton, Derbyshire 16th July 2016 by
Tineidae – Nemapogoninae – Nemapogon cloacella – Cork Moth STATUS – Common throughout the count with the exception of the moorland areas ID POINTERS – A yellowish-orange head. Forewings a mixture
Tineidae – Nemapogoninae – Triaxomera parasitella STATUS – Rare in Derbyshire – This is only the second county record found in a bathroom at Norton Lees, Derbyshire 18th June 2020.
