Gelechiidae

35.145 Rock-rose Moth Neotelphusa sequax (Haworth, 1828)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 5 to 6.5mm

Habitats: England: Chalk and limestone downland and short-turfed dry grassland. Scotland: Well-drained mildly acid pastures and heaths or base-rich soils.

Habits: The moth is easily disturbed during the evening and later comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva feeds in a compact ball of silk between the terminal shoots of Common Rock-rose or Hoary Rock-rose. This may be abandoned for a second spinning. It pupates in a flimsy cocoon in the leaf litter.