Yponomeutidae

16.009 Red-capped Ermine Euhyponomeuta stannella (Thunberg, 1788)

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Forewing: 8 to 9.5mm

Habitats: Limestone downland.

Habits: It is possibly extinct as the last record was in 1976.

Foodplant: The larva bores into the stem and roots of Orpine. It then lives gregariously with up to five others in a flimsy web with a silk tube that extends into the leaf litter. The larval presence is indicated by a grey, withered central shoot. It pupates in a cocoon spun in the leaf litter.