Chimabachidae

29.003 Spring Reveller Dasystoma salicella (Hübner, 1796)

Notable B

Similar species:

Forewing: M 8 to 9.5mm, F 6 to 10mm (flightless)

Habitats: Deciduous woodland, fens and marshes.

Habits: The males fly in sunshine assembling to the females during the middle of the day.

Foodplant: The larva feeds slowly in a folded spun leaf of Bog Myrtle, willows, Blackthorn, Silverweed, Meadow-sweet, Purging Buckthorn, brambles and probably many other plants. It pupates in the leaf litter.