Drepanidae

65.014 Oak Lutestring Cymatophorima diluta hartwiegi (Reisser, 1927)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 15 to 17mm

Habitats: Mature oak woodland.

Habits: The moth comes to sugar and to light in numbers just after midnight.

Foodplant: The larva feeds at night on the leaves of Pendunculate Oak and Sessile Oak. During the day it rests between strongly spun leaves. It pupates spun in leaves on the tree.