Depressariidae

32.009 Least Brown Agonopterix purpurea (Haworth, 1811)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 5.5 to 7mm

Habitats: Dry grassland, verges, embankments and downland.

Habits: The moth flies in afternoon sunshine in the spring. It comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva at first mines a small, irregular, full depth gallery, but soon leaves this to feed from a silk tube in rolled leaflets amongst the leaves of Wild Angelica, Wild Carrot, Rough Chervil, Upright Hedge Parsley, Cow Parsley and probably other umbellifers.