Heliozelidae

06.002 Dogwood Cutter Antispila petryi Martini, 1899

Local

Similar species: Antispila treitschkiella looks identical. It should be reared from the foodplant or the genitalia should be checked.

Forewing: 2.5 to 3mm

Habitats: Woodland margins, downland, scrub and scrubby cliffs.

Habits: The moth flies in afternoon sunshine.

Foodplant: The larva forms a gallery leading to a large blotch with scattered frass on a Dogwood leaf. It pupates in leaf litter in an oval case cut from the mined leaf.