9. TISCHERIIDAE

1	Forewing unicolorous shining dark greyish brown or blackish brown with bronzy, blue or violet reflections 2

-	Forewing yellowish brown, ochreous or yellowish orange, often with dark suffusion along costa and in apical area; sometimes the wing is suffused wholly, giving it a reddish brown appearance 3
	Occasionally some purplish reflection may occur in dark parts of the forewing.

2 (1)	Forewing blackish brown with shining bronze reflections, along costa and in apical area with metallic blue scales (sometimes less pronounced). Frons, vertex and thorax blackish brown with bronzy lustre *Coptotriche angusticollella*
	8.0-9.5mm. May, June and August. Fringe forewing without cilia-line.
-	Forewing dark greyish brown with violet reflections, without metallic blue scales. Vertex and thorax greyish brown, frons pale yellowish grey *C. heinemanni*
	8.0-10.0mm. May, June (abroad). Fringe forewing without cilia-line.

3 (1)	Forewing ochreous yellow; along costa and in apical area broadly dark purplish brown; a similar tornal dot, sometimes absorbed by dark suffusion *C. marginea*
	7.0-9.0mm. Late April to early September. Forewing with two obsolete cilia-lines near apex.
-	Forewing ochreous or yellowish orange, more or less suffused with dark or dark-tipped scales; dark dot at tornus absent 4


4 (3)	Forewing yellowish orange, densely suffused with brown scales throughout, giving the wing a reddish brown appearance *Tischeria decidua*
	7.0-9.0mm. May and June (abroad). Forewing with tornal cilia darker than rest of cilia; apical cilia with one fine cilia-line, usually distinct.
-	Forewing yellowish orange or ochreous with dark-tipped scales along costa and in apical area 5
	Apical cilia forewing without cilia-line.

5 (4)	Generally smaller species, 6.0-9.5mm. Length hindwing fifteen times width half-way; fringe distinctly paler than wing. Forewing yellowish orange *T. dodonaea*
	Early May to early October. Occasionally dark scaling extending over whole forewing, giving it a speckled appearance.
-	Generally larger species, 8.0-12.5mm. Length hindwing ten times width half-way; fringe concolorous with wing, but with slight yellowish sheen. Forewing deep ochreous *T. ekebladella*
	Late April to early September.