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Brown House-moth
Hofmannophila pseudospretella
Checklist Number28.010 [B&F: 0647]
Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)
Classification
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Oecophorinae |
| Genus: | Hofmannophila |
| Species: | pseudospretella |
| Authority: | (Stainton, 1849) |
Common outdoors, in woodland, hedgerows and grassland, and indoors, in houses and barns, throughout the British Isles. Widespread and common in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 16-25 mm. A widespread and familiar insect, originally an inhabitant of Asia. Larva feeds on detritus and refuse, both animal and vegetable.
