Nepticulidae

04.087 Five-spot Dot Ectoedemia quinquella (Bedell, 1848)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 2.5 to 3mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland and parkland.

Habits: The moth rests on a trunk during the day.

Foodplant: The larvae make a strongly contorted gallery mine forming a green island in a leaf of Pedunculate Oak and possibly other deciduous oaks. There are sometimes several mines in a leaf. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter.