UK Status
Resident. Widespread and common throughout Britain except for the far north of Scotland.
Montgomeryshire Status
Recorded from a single site in the west of the county at Commins Coch in 2005.
Wingspan
:
M & F, 9-12.5mm.
Confusion species
B. umbrosella, B. affinis, B. desertella and B.similis.
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Flight
time & Voltinity
(Univoltine)
Habitat
Wherever the foodplant is found.
Foodplant
Mosses.
Lifestage data
Spinning. Eggs laid on foodplant. Larva lives and feeds on mosses. Pupal site undescribed. |

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