Pterophoridae

45.017 Small Scabious Plume Stenoptilia annadactyla Sutter, 1988

Unknown

Similar species:

Forewing: 8 to 11mm

Habitats: Breckland.

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.