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Ischnoscia borreonella >

Infurcitinea argentimaculella (Stainton, 1849)

Silver-barred Lichen Moth
(Silver-barred Clothes)
12.0060 (B&F: 203)


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Tineoidea
    »Family: Tineidae
      »Subfamily: Meessiinae
        »Tribe: Phalacropterygini

Number of records: 7
Recorded in: 7 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 22 ii 2014
Identification 
difficulty 
: 2Adult: Can be confused with other species

Resident. Only recently detected at Sedlescombe and Chichester, but probably seriously under-recorded. Single-brooded flying mainly from late July to early August. Larvae feed on powdery lichens growing on dry banks, old walls and tree trunks. (Pratt, 2011)

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