Tortricidae

49.045 Dotted Cloak Eana osseana (Scopoli, 1763)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 7.5 to 10.5mm

Habitats: Rough grassland, downland, moorland and heathland.

Habits: It can be disturbed in the day and comes to light.

Foodplant: The polyphagous larva feeds on a variety of low-growing herbaceous plants and grasses from a silk tube under stones or among the roots of the foodplants. Alpine Bistort is a known foodplant in the Scottish Highlands. It pupates in a spinning at or near the site of the larva habitation.