Glyphipterigidae

19.014 Speckled Bittersweet Moth Acrolepia autumnitella Curtis, 1838

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 5 to 6mm

Habitats: Damp woodland, damp pasture, fens and marshes.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva mines a leaf of Bittersweet or sometimes Deadly Nightshade, Chilean Potatoe-tree or Tomato growing in a sheltered site. It makes conspicuous greenish-white blotches. Pupation takes place in an open netted cocoon in the leaf litter.