| UK Status 
 Resident. Widespread and generally common throughout
England and Wales.
 
 Montgomeryshire Status
 
 Recorded from a few sites in the east of the county.
 
 Wingspan
:
  M & F,11-13mm.
 
 Confusion species
 
 None.
 
 | Flight time & Voltinity
(Univoltine) 
 Habitat
 
 Gardens, woodland, hedgerows and scrub.
 
 Foodplant
 
 Hawthorn and blackthorn.
 
 Lifestage data
 
 Spinning. Eggs laid on foodplant. Larva draw two or three leaves
together and grazes the upper epidermis within. Pupates in the larval
habitation or in the detritus on the ground.
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