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0789 ~ Bryotropha domestica 
UK Status

Resident. Widespread in England and Wales, also found in Glasgow and Wigtownshire in Scotland, can be common.

Montgomeryshire Status

Recorded once from a single site in the west of the county at Commins Coch in 2006.

Wingspan :   M & F, 12-15mm.

Confusion species


None.




Flight time & Voltinity (Univoltine)


Habitat

Mainly urban areas.

Foodplant

Mosses.

Lifestage data

Spinning. Eggs, oviposition site undescribed. Larva lives in a silken gallery where it feeds, in later instars it feeds outside gallery. Pupates in open network cocoon in larval feeding place.
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