| UK Status 
 Resident. Fairly common and widespread throughout
much of the British Isles.
 
 Montgomeryshire Status
 
 This species was first recorded in 2013 at Middletown in the east of
the county.
 
 Wingspan
:
  M & F 14-19mm.
 
 Confusion species
 
 Zeiraphera diniana.
 
 | Flight time & Voltinity
(Univoltine) 
 Habitat
 
 Oak woodland.
 
 Foodplant
 
 Oak.
 
 Lifestage data
 
 Spinning. Eggs laid on a foodplant. Larva lives between spun leaves or
a folded leaf. Pupates in larval habitation or in a crevice of the bark
of the tree.
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