12.033 BF247 – Tineidae – Tineinae – Tinea trinotella

Tineidae – Tineinae – Tinea trinotella – Birds-nest Moth

STATUS – Reasonably common and widely distributed in the county. Larvae often found in birds nests

ID POINTERS – Yellow head and forewing a greyish-yellow with three black dots and a fine blackish-brown line along the costs from the base to about a third

FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing in April – September 

IMAGES – Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Will Soar© – Buxton – Steve Orridge©

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