Epermeniidae

47.005 Common Ridge-back Epermenia chaerophyllella (Goeze, 1783)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 5.5 to 6mm

Habitats: Wasteground, grassland, gardens, woodland, scrub and hedgerows.

Habits: The moth flies in the evening and later comes to light.

Foodplant: The young larva mines the leaves of Hogweed, Cow Parsley, Wild Parsnip, Wild Carrot and Wild Angelica. The later instar larva may feed gregariously from a sparse web under a leaf, leaving brown blotches visible from the leafs upperside. It pupates in a net like cocoon among the leaf litter.