Tortricidae

49.1231 Alexanders Straw Aethes deaurana (Peyerimhoff, 1877)

Immigrant / Recently colonised

Similar species:

Forewing: 7 to 9mm

Habitats: Mainly where the foodplant is found along the coast.

Habits:

Foodplant: It feeds in a seed capsule and in a stem of Alexanders, where it overwinters as a larva, then pupates there in late winter or early spring.