Gelechiidae

35.006 Greenweed White-barred Aproaerema vinella Bankes, 1898

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Similar species:

Forewing: 5 to 5.5mm

Habitats: Dry grassland and embankments.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva spins together a number of side or terminal leaflets of Dyers Greenweed. Then from within, it bites a hole at a leaflets base and mines it almost completely. Full-fed larvae of the second generation overwinter within dead leaves often spun to the stem. It pupates in a flimsy silk spinning in a shoot or in the leaf litter.