Tortricidae

49.176 Plumbeous Spruce Tortrix Cymolomia hartigiana (Saxesen, 1840)

Immigrant / Adventive

Similar species:

Forewing: 6.5 to 8.6mm

Habitats: Coniferous woodland in Europe.

Habits: A moth came to light in Suffolk on 17th July 2007.

Foodplant: The larva mines a needle of European Silver Fir or Norway Spruce. It later feeds in a spinning of bunched needles.