Tineidae : Tineinae
Monopis weaverella
MONOPIS weaverella (Scott, 1858)
Monopis weaverella
MONOPIS weaverella (Scott, 1858)
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Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Wingspan: 13-18mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding ( Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Crete,Corsica,Cratia,Cyprus,Ireland,Madeira, Malta, Portugal,Romania,Sardinia,Sicily,Slovenia & Ukraine)
UK Distribution: Common throughout Britain
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Parkland : Gardens : Grassland : Buildings
Similar Species -
Observations: Although similar to M.laevigella this species has a large triangular pale yellow spot at the tornus although this sometimes this also appleies to similar species. The translucent spot is slightly nearer the middle of the forewing. Forewing is blackish with dark bluish or violet speckling which is less than the similar species.
Head is yellowish with a faint whitish spot in the basal area.
Flies at dusk and is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding ( Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Crete,Corsica,Cratia,Cyprus,Ireland,Madeira, Malta, Portugal,Romania,Sardinia,Sicily,Slovenia & Ukraine)
UK Distribution: Common throughout Britain
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Tinea weaverella (Scott, 1858)
- Tinea rusticella Hübner, 1796
- England - Horning Fen
Habitat: Woodland : Parkland : Gardens : Grassland : Buildings
Similar Species -
- Skin Moth - Monopis laevigella - ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Observations: Although similar to M.laevigella this species has a large triangular pale yellow spot at the tornus although this sometimes this also appleies to similar species. The translucent spot is slightly nearer the middle of the forewing. Forewing is blackish with dark bluish or violet speckling which is less than the similar species.
Head is yellowish with a faint whitish spot in the basal area.
Flies at dusk and is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Larva feeds on foodstuffs of animal origin as in Owl pellets,dry animal carcasses & faeces
Larva feeds on foodstuffs of animal origin as in Owl pellets,dry animal carcasses & faeces
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tineoidea Tineidae Tineinae MONOPIS Hübner 1825 Monopis weaverella (Scott, 1858) - Tinea rusticella Hübner, 1796 - TINEA weaverella (Scott, 1858) = Monopis nigripilella Réal, 1989 = Blabophanes semispilotella Strand 1900 - John Scott, 1858 - A supposed new species of Tinea allied to T. rusticella. - The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History 16: 5964-5965 - Insects - England - Horning Fen |