Plutellidae

18.003 Streaked Diamond-back Plutella porrectella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 6.5 to 8mm

Habitats: Gardens, fens and marshes.

Habits: The moth comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva lives in a slight web on Dame's-violet. It feeds (sometimes gregariously) on the leaves and terminal shoots which are drawn together. It pupates in an open netted cocoon under a leaf or in the leaf litter.