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Tenaga nigripunctella
Black-spotted Nest Moth (Haworth, 1828)
Tineidae: Meessiinae
201 / 12.002

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Similar Species: None
Wingspan: 7-11mm
Flight: June - July
Foodplant:   detritus
Nat Status: Extinct
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3
Status
Morley’s Final Catalogue: One example on the door of Ipswich hospital in 1901 (Pyett, EMM. 1902, 7.)

Recent Status: Considered extinct in Britain. Once rare in outhouses.

Life Style: A single brooded detritivore with the larvae feeding from a portable case.

Identification: Readily identified if it should ever appear again. http://www.microvlinders.nl/soorten/species.php?speciescode=120060&p=1

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 1 (2%) of 58 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1901.
Last Recorded in 1901.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
1901125TM14Ipswich
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