Yponomeutidae

16.017 Copper-fringed Drab Swammerdamia pyrella (Villers, 1789)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 5 to 6mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland, hedgerows, scrub, orchards, gardens or wherever else the foodplant is found.

Habits: The moth comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva lives under a flimsy silk pad while feeding on the upper surface of a leaf of Hawthorn, Blackthorn, apple, pear or Wild Cherry. It pupates in the leaf litter or on a twig in a dense white cocoon.