Pterophoridae

45.014 Gregson's Plume Stenoptilia scabiodactylus (Gregson, 1869)

Unknown

Similar species:

Forewing: 9 to 11mm

Habitats: Moorland grassland, downland.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva feeds on Small Scabious. After overwintering the spring larva mines a succession of new shoots in the centre of a rosette, after which it feeds externally on the basal leaves. The summer generation larva feeds in the flowers. The larva pupates on the underside of a leaf of the foodplant.