| UK Status 
 Resident. Locally common throughout the British Isles as far north as southern Scotland.
 
 Montgomeryshire Status
 
 Found at several sites in the northern half of the county.
 
 Wingspan
:
  M & F, 19-24mm.
 
 Confusion species
 
 N. sauvella. T. marmorea.
 
 | Flight time & Voltinity
(Univoltine) 
 Habitat
 
 Hawthorn hedges.
 
 Foodplant
 
 Hawthorn and rowan.
 
 Lifestage data
 
 Spinning. Eggs laid on foodplant. Larva spins several flowers or leaves
together and lives within. Pupates in a tough cocoon attached to a dead
leaf or in the soil.
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