White-shouldered House-moth - Endrosis sarcitrella
Wingspan 15-21 mm. Distinctive because of its white 'shoulders'.
Occurs regularly inside buildings.
Being continuously-brooded, it can be found at any time of year indoors.
The larvae live on dried plant and animal debris. The species has been accidentally introduced into many parts of the world with dried stored goods.
Very common throughout Britain. In the Butterfly Conservation’s Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as common.
Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = A (common and resident)
David Nicholls
Ratby garden
24 May 2012
David Nicholls
Ratby garden1
26 August 2005
egaten
Thurlaston house
08 March 2016
Pete Leonard
Harby
26 August 2016
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
14 June 2014
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
26 April 2020
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Species profile
- Common names
- White-shouldered House-moth, White-shouldered Moth
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Oecophoridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 355
- First record:
- 26/08/2005 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 17/04/2025 (Dejardin, Andrew)
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Paul Ruddoch
Melton Mowbray Garden
02 June 2016
Ron.stevens
Broughton Astley
11 July 2011
