Pyralidae

62.016 Aspen Knot-horn Sciota hostilis (Stephens, 1834)

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Similar species:

Forewing: 10 to 12mm

Habitats: Woodland.

Habits: The moth is nocturnal and comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva at first feeds in a rolled leaf or a turned-down leaf edge on Aspen. It later lives in a silk tube in a spinning constructed from a dead leaf spun to a live one. There are sometimes two larvae in separate tubes within the same leaves. It pupates in a tough cocoon amongst the leaf litter.