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Hi Jill This is an introduced species called *Blastobasis adustella*, which has become well-established throughout Britain and Ireland. It feeds on a variety of vegetable matter such as old oak galls, dead juniper leaves and empty gorse seed-pods. While I think this will have been an accidental incursion, do make a note of you see any more. A related species (*Blastobasis lacticolella*) has been recorded feeding on dead insects, and it would be unfortunate if this species was doing the same in a museum context, and we overlooked it! The larva feeds in a silken gallery, so it should be obvious if it has developed a taste for museum objects. Please let me know if you find any suspicious caterpillars. Tony Dr A.G.Irwin 47 The Avenues Norwich Norfolk NR2 3PH England mobile: +44(0)7880707834 phone: +44(0)1603 453524 On 11 September 2017 at 08:00, Jill Kerr <jill.k...@nmni.com> wrote: > This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. > To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net > To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > *From:* Jill Kerr > *Sent:* 07 September 2017 09:42 > *To:* 'pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net' > *Subject:* Moth id request > > > > > > Could anyone help with identification of this moth? It’s 8mm long. > > Many Thanks, > > > > Jill > > *Jill Kerr* > Natural Science Conservator > > National Museums Northern Ireland > , , , > > T - 028 9039 5182 > E - jill.k...@nmni.com > > > [image: National Museums Northern Ireland] <http://www.nmni.com/> > > This message contains confidential information and is intended only for > the recipients noted above. If you are not one of the intended recipients, > you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify > jill.k...@nmni.com immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail > by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission > cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be > intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or > contain viruses. Jill Kerr therefore does not accept liability for any > errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a > result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a > hard-copy version. > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to > imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: > "unsubscribe pestlist" > Any problems email l...@zaks.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com
