010 Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Brown House Moth)

OECOPHORIDAE | Oecophorinae : Oecophorini

28.010 Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Brown House Moth)

ws: 16-25mm; May-Nov; dead organic matter; common indoors and outdoors throughout GB

Hofmannophila pseudospretella §1

Generic features: Head with vertex tufted, frons smooth; Antenna finely ciliate in male, simple in female; 3/4 length of fw;
Labial palp S2 thickened by scales especially below, curved; S3=S2, pointed, sharply recurved
Forewing elongate, V8&7 stalked, V8 to costa, V7 to apex; Hindwing V4&3 connate

Variation
Dissection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia

§1 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 09/08/2007
§2 Foulness, Essex; 09/09/2007; fw 10.0mm
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 31/08/2011; male; fw 6.9mm
§4 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 31/08/2011; male
§5 Mull; 28/06/2011; male
§6 Foulness, Essex; 02/09/2012; female
§7 Lands End, Cornwalll; 08/06/2013; male; fw 7.9mm
§8 Seathwaite, Cumbria; 27/07/2016; male; fw 8.3mm
§9 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 08/10/2018; female; fw 9.0mm
All images © Chris Lewis

§10 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 15/08/2023; male; fw 6.7mm
§11 Cheshire; 2025; male; fw 6.5mm (specimen provided by Mike Whiteside)
§12 Tulloch Moor, Inverness-shire; 29/05/2025
§13 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 01/07/2025; male; fw 5.9mm
§14 Tulloch Moor, Inverness-shire; 12/09/2025