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Sulphur Tubic Esperia sulphurella (Fabricius, 1775)

Family: Oecophoridae (Checklist: 28.019) Cambridge, Gwydir Street 18 May 2002 Length as posed (head-wingtip) 8.5mm Larvae feed on dead wood NBN Atlas

Straw Flat-body Agonopterix kaekeritziana (Linnaeus, 1767)

Family: Depressariidae (Checklist: 32.026) Cambridge, Barnwell East LNR TL479583, 28 Jul 2015 Distinguished from A. pallorella and A. bipunctosa by the rusty orange marks on its wings Larvae feed in spun or rolled leaves of knapweed (Centaurea spp.). NBN Atlas

Brown-spot Flat-body Agonopterix alstromeriana (Clerck, 1759)

Family: Depressariidae (Checklist: 32.031) Fleam Dyke TL549540: 1 Jun 2023 The larvae feed on the flowers and leaves of hemlock (Conium maculatum) between May and July. NBN Atlas

Flame Neb Chrysoesthia drurella (Fabricius, 1775)

Family: Gelechiidae (Checklist: 35.035) Cambridge, Gwydir Street 4 Jun 2002 Length: 4.5mm Larvae mine the leaves of goosefoot and orache NBN Atlas

Red-brindled Dwarf Elachista rufocinerea (Haworth, 1828)

Family: Elachistidae (Checklist: 38.038) Cambridge, Gwydir Street 19 Jul 2001 Length as posed (head-wingtip) 10mm Larvae are blade-miners in grasses NBN Atlas

Garden Cosmet Mompha subbistrigella (Haworth, 1828)

Family: Momphidae (Checklist: 40.008) Cambridge, Gwydir Street; 28 Aug 2015 Larvae feed feed within the seedpods of broad-leaved willowherb (Epilobium montanum) and other willowherbs. NBN Atlas

Little Cosmet Mompha raschkiella (Zeller, 1839)

Family: Momphidae (Checklist: 40.015) Cambridge, Barnwell East LNR TL479582; 25 Jul 2017 A tiny moth, the larvae feed on the leaves of rosebay willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium), which is abundant on this site. NBN Atlas

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