Tortricidae

49.042 Dingy Hedge Grey Neosphaleroptera nubilana (Hübner, [1799])

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 5.5 to 7mm

Habitats: Hedgerows, scrub and gardens.

Habits: The male flies in sunshine and in the evening. Both sexes fly from dusk and later occasionally comes to light. The males have been recorded at the pheromone for Red-belted Clearwing.

Foodplant: The larva feeds in spun leaves or a spun shoot of Hawthorn, plums, Blackthorn and sometimes apple. It pupates in the larval spinning.