Yponomeutidae

16.020 Hawthorn Drab Paraswammerdamia nebulella (Goeze, 1783)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 5 to 7mm

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

Habits: The moth comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva forms a short gallery mine on a leaf of Hawthorn or Rowan or occasionally roses or Wall Cotoneaster. Small numbers feed on the leaves from a flimsy web after overwintering in a silk cocoon on a twig. It pupates in a dense white cocoon on a twig or leaf.