I had this emerge this morning - forewing 9mm. I think it was feeding on oak but had a bit of an accident with the pupae and they got mixed up. I'm leaning towards Gelechidae but that's just a hunch. Those four pairs of scale tufts must narrow it down quite a lot you would think!
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Hi Charlie
This is the most unusual Psoricoptera gibbosella.
Nice moth.
Regards
Ben
Hi Ben,
Great to hear from you and thanks for your ID, I'm sure you're spot on. It's a strange looking beast, especially with those wierd, scaled lower palps and it's also pretty rare this far north so many thanks - it's made my day!
Very rare and very local resident in Yorkshire, well done to both of you,,,,bennyboy hope you are well,,cheers
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