​​TINEIDAE | Nemapogoninae

12.0221 Nemapogon falstriella (Scarce Dark Clothes Moth)

First British record Ipswich 08/08/2007 and then considered adentive and not admitted to main list. Several Essex records in 2023.
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Nemapogon falstriella §1 female
ID: Vertex black, frons white; labial palps blackish with white 3rd segment; a small white thoracic crest; forewing dark bluish-grey with black irroration and larger black smudges; variable scattered white scales and spots especially along costa and at tornus.
(Said to require genital dissection to distinguish from Psychoides filicivora - but this is nonsense)
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Female genitalia:  
  • Variation
  • Dissection
  • Male genitalia
  • Female genitalia
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British records of this species:
1. Purdy's Farm nr Ipswich, Suffolk; 08/08/2007 Rec. N.Sherman
2. Hockley Wood, nr Colchester, Essex; 07/08/2019 (TM088213) Rec. Clive Riches, Det. Graeme J Smith 
3. Hockley Wood, nr Colchester, Essex; 08/08/2019 (TM088213) Rec. Clive Riches, Det. Graeme J Smith 
4 & 5. Hazeleigh Wood, Essex; 20/08/2023 (TL834039) Rec. Simon Wood
6. Boreham, Essex; 20/08/2023 (TL753097) Rec. Graham Ekins, Det Chris Lewis
7. Middlewick Ranges, nr Colchester; 23/08/2023 (TM008231)Rec Simon Wood, Det Chris Lewis
§1 Middlewick Ranges, Colchester, Essex; 23/08/2023; female; fw 5.8mm; to light
§2 Boreham, Essex (TL753097); 20/08/2023; female; fw 6.1mm; to FUN lure overnight
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 24/08/2023 (§1&2)