Oecophoridae

28.003 Silver-streaked Beauty Schiffermuelleria grandis (Desvignes, 1842)

pRDB2

Similar species:

Forewing: 6 to 8mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland.

Habits: The moth flies in sunshine between sunrise and mid morning.

Foodplant: The larva feeds from a slight web within drier decaying wood under the bark or in standing dead branches of Beech, oaks, gorse and Ivy trunks. It pupates in a flimsy silk cocoon under bark.