Tortricidae

49.046 Silver Cloak Eana argentana (Clerck, 1759)

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Forewing: 10 to 13mm

Habitats: It is known only from Glen Tilt in the Scottish Highlands.

Habits: The moth flies weakly in the afternoon and at dusk

Foodplant: The early stages have not been recorded in Britain. On the European mainland the larva overwinters in a spinning while small, then feeds from a silk tube among the roots of its foodplants. It later climbs them to feed. Its foodplants are grasses, Salix and the young growth of spruce. It pupates in a dense cocoon in the larval spinning.