Depressariidae

32.023 Ashen Buff Agonopterix rotundella (Douglas, 1846)

Notable A

Similar species:

Forewing: 6.5 to 8mm

Habitats: Downland, coastal slopes and sea walls.

Habits: The moth occasionally comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva makes a small, irregular, full depth mine in a leaflet of Wild Carrot. It soon leaves the mine to spin a silk tube within a rolled leaf. It sometimes feeds amongst the flowers. It pupates in the earth or in the leaf litter.