Oecophoridae

28.022 Hedge Beauty Alabonia geoffrella (Linnaeus, 1767)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 8.5 to 10mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland, mature hedgerows, marshes and fens.

Habits: The males assemble to females in morning sunshine. It occasionally comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva feeds within decaying wood at the base of hedgerows, including broken Blackthorn stems, dead brambles, Hazel, sallows and other dead wood. It may have a two year lifecycle. It pupates in a yellowish almost oval cocoon in the feeding place.