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Oecophoridae (Concealer Moths) > Oecophorinae > Oecophorini

Checklist ref. 28.022

Designation: 'micro-moth'

Status: common and widespread across central and southern counties

Typical habitat: woodland edges, scrub, hedges

Larval foodplant:           within fallen, soft decaying twigs of Blackthorn

Flight behaviour: flies at sunrise and in morning sunshine, and sometimes later

Flight season: May - June