| UK Status 
 Resident. Common
 
 Montgomeryshire
Status
 
 A rare species most recently recorded in 2014 at Newtown but prior to
that not since 1999 at Ola-Lluest upper field in the north of the
county.
 
 Wingspan
:  M & F, 20-22mm.
 
 Confusion
species
 
 None.
 | Flight
time (Montgomeryshire) 
 Habitat
 
 Broadleaf woodland especially mature hazel.
 
 Foodplant
 
 Hazel, hornbeam, birch and wild rose.
 
 Lifestage data
 
 Overwinters as a pupa in the plant debris. Larva late July-September.
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