Nepticulidae

04.065 Cryptic Dot Trifurcula cryptella (Stainton, 1856)

Notable A

Similar species:

Forewing: 2 to 3mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland, marshes and fens.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms a long gallery mine which often follows a leaf margin of Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil or Common Bird's-foot Trefoil. The mine suddenly widens into a broad blotch that may finally occupy almost an entire leaflet. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter, on the soil surface or in the mine.