Cosmopterigidae

34.005 Hop Beauty Cosmopterix zieglerella (Hübner, [1810])

Notable B

Similar species:

Forewing: 4 to 5mm

Habitats: Woodland margins and mature hedgerows.

Habits: The moth comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva mines a broad full depth gallery with broad lobed blotches, alongside the main veins of a Hop leaf. The larva hides in the main gallery which it lines with silk. The ejected frass may be trapped in the silk web below the mine. It overwinters in a cocoon where it pupates in May.