Pyralidae

62.008 Lime Knot-horn Salebriopsis albicilla (Herrich-Schäffer, 1849)

pRDB2

Similar species:

Forewing: 8.5 to 10mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland

Habits: The moth is nocturnal and comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva lives high in the trees, where it feeds in a rolled leaf of Small-leaved Lime, skeletonising the leaf surface. It pupates in a white oval cocoon.

On the European mainland it also feeds on sallows, Hazel and Alder.