Tortricidae

49.227 Scarce Clouded Tortrix Gibberifera simplana (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1836)

Extinct

Similar species:

Forewing: 5.5 to 6.5mm

Habitats: Open woodland.

Habits: The moth flies around young Aspens from early evening until dusk. It was last recorded in Britain in 1938.

Foodplant: The larva feeds in a spun leaf on a terminal shoot of an Aspen sapling. It pupates in the turned down edge of a leaf. The leaf falls to the ground in autumn.