UK Status
Resident. Fairly common and widely distributed
throughout the British Isles.
Montgomeryshire Status
Discovered in the east of the county at Middletown in 2011.
Wingspan
:
M & F, 10-14mm.
Confusion species
A fairly distinctive species.
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Flight
time & Voltinity
(Univoltine.)
Habitat
Woodland, and wet or boggy places.
Foodplant
Various sallow species.
Lifestage data
Spinning. Eggs laid on foodplant. Larva lives and feeds within flatly
spun leaves. Pupa yellowish-brown spun up in leaf litter. |

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