Tortricidae

49.274 Mugwort Tortrix Eucosma metzneriana (Treitschke, 1830)

pRDB3

Similar species:

Forewing: 8.5 to 11mm

Habitats: Breckland heaths and field margins.

Habits: The moth is nocturnal and comes to light.

Foodplant: The early stages have not been recorded in Britain and Ireland. On the European mainland it feeds in the tip of a shoot of Wormwood A.absinthium or Mugwort, causing it to swell and abort. It overwinters and pupates in spinning in the lower stem in May.