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Micropterigidae

Micropterix aureatella

MICROPTERIX aureatella (Scopoli, 1763)
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Description
Vernacular Name: Yellow-barred Gold
Wingspan: 9-11mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Channel Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,
Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily & Spain) : Palearctic region eastwards to Japan
UK Distribution: Well distributed over much of great Britain excepts parts in eastern England,common in Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
  • Local = 101 - 300  10km squares
European Conservation Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name -
  • Phalaena aureatella (Scopoli, 1763)
Type Species - Micropterix
  • Tinea podevinella Hübner,1813
Type Locality -
  • In sylvestribus locis - ( in wild places)
Flight Period: May - June
Habitat: Damp Woodland : Damp Heathland : High Moorland
Similar Species -
  • None
Larva: A single larva has been found in mixed Oak,Beech and Bilberry leaf litter among fugal hyphae (MGBI)
Overwinters as: unknown
Observations: A beautiful micro encountered twice this year in different locations whilst searching for Bilberry Pug larva they were found flying during the day is small groups following dappled light across patches of bilberry leaves as seen below. It is assumed that Bilberry is certainly one of the larval host plants.
Unmistakable with its yellowish orange head  and two white cross bands at one third and two thirds along the forewing with a centrally positioned white spot adjacent to the apex. In sunlight the moth dazzles with a purplish bronze sheen whereas in the shade it appears brown.
The adult feeds on pollen from a variety of herbacious plants.
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Larval Food Plants Worldwide
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Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
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Lepidoptera
Micropterigoidea
Micropterigidae
MICROPTERIX Hübner,[1825]
Micropterix aureatella (Scopoli, 1763)
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Tinea podevinella Hübner,1813
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PHALAENA aureatella (Scopoli, 1763)
= Tinea ammanella Hübner, [1813
= Tinea paykullella Thunberg, 1794
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Entomologia Carniolica exhibens insecta Carnioliæ indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates. Methodo Linnæana. - pp. [1-35], 1-420, [1]. Vindobonae. (Trattner) : Title Page :  p.254 - n.662
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In sylvestribus locis - ( in wild places)