Epermeniidae

47.007 White-spotted Drab Epermenia farreni (Walsingham, 1894)

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Similar species:

Forewing: 4 to 4.5mm

Habitats: Wasteground, dry grassland and chalk downland.

Habits: The moth rests on the foodplant or adjacent vegetation.

Foodplant: The larva feeds within a single seed of Wild Parsnip in England or Hogweed in Scotland. The larva is difficult to detect, although the seeds may have a small hole in them with some silk showing. It pupates in a sparse cocoon in the leaf litter.