Distribution map Copyright Martin Evans
 Life stages table Copyright Martin Evans  Life stages table Copyright Martin Evans

Choreutidae

48.004 Tebenna bjerkandrella (Thunberg, 1784)

Unknown Perhaps not a British species?

Similar species:

Forewing: 5 to 6.5mm

Habitats: Unknown in Britain.

Habits:

Foodplant: The early stages have not been recorded in Britain. On the European mainland it has been recorded eating out windows in leaves while feeding under a web on the surface of the leaves of Irish Fleabane, Hairy Fleabane, Stemless Thistle, other thistles and cudweeds. It pupates in a spindle-shaped cocoon in the feeding place.