Crambidae

63.073 Peppered Grey Eudonia truncicolella (Stainton, 1849)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 9 to 11mm

Habitats: Woodland, scrub, parkland, heathland and moorland.

Habits: The moth rests on tree trunks during the day and is easily disturbed. It flies from dusk and later comes to light and visits flowers.

Foodplant: The larva feeds from a silk tube amongst mosses on walls, stones or on the ground including Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium, Cypress-leaved Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme and Campylopus spp. It pupates in the moss.