Oecophoridae

28.005 Pied Concealer Denisia albimaculea (Haworth, 1828)

pRDB3

Similar species:

Forewing: 4.5 to 5.5mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland.

Habits: The moth comes to light.

Foodplant: The early stages are not well recorded in Britain. On the European mainland the larva feeds from slight silk galleries under the decaying bark of a variety of trees including larch and probably elms, apple, Sycamore and limes. The larval foodplants have not been fully distinguished from Denisia augustella. It pupates in a frass covered cocoon in the larval feeding place.