Epermeniidae

47.003 Chalk Hill Ridge-back Epermenia insecurella (Stainton, 1854)

pRDB2

Similar species:

Forewing: 4 to 5mm

Habitats: Chalk and limestone grassland.

Habits: The moth flies in the late afternoon. It occasionally comes to light.

Foodplant: In April the young larva mines the shoots and leaves of Bastard Toadflax, before feeding externally on the leaves. The summer generation feeds among the flowers and developing seeds in a slight web. It pupates in a net like cocoon among the leaf litter, sometimes attached to a stem.