Tortricidae

49.372 Willow Y Moth Pammene populana (Fabricius, 1787)

Notable B

Similar species:

Forewing: 4.5 to 6mm

Habitats: Open woodland, scrub, hedgerows, marshes, fens and sand-dunes.

Habits: The moth rests openly on the leaves of its foodplant in the afternoon. It comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva lives within an untidily spun shoot of Goat Willow, Grey Willow, Creeping Willow or Osier Willow and probably other willows. It pupates in a cocoon spun up under the loose bark of the foodplant, in dead stems or rotten wood.