Identification

A small, plain unmarked moth with a yellowish head.

Recording method

Attracted to light. Can be found in and near bee-hives.

Flight period

June-August.

Larval food

Wax in beehives and wasps nests. Occasionally on dried fruit and dead insects.

Habitat

Beehives and wasp nests.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Mersehead RSPB, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 20th August 1996, while the first record for Dumfriesshire was of an infestation found in the council offices in Dumfries on 2nd September 2013. There are no records from Wigtownshire.