Tortricidae

49.327 Rest-harrow Piercer Cydia microgrammana (Guenée, 1845)

Notable B

Similar species:

Forewing: 4.5 to 6mm

Habitats: Coastal chalk and limestone grassland, sea-cliffs, coastal slopes and wasteground.

Habits: The moth flies on sunny afternoons and at dusk and later comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva feeds in an unripe seed-pod of Common Restharrow. It pupates under the plant in a cocoon in the leaf litter which is often attached to a trailing stem.