| UK Status 
 Resident. Local and generally uncommon in England and the northern
counties of Wales.
 
 Montgomeryshire Status
 
 Discovered in the east of the county at Dolforwyn Woods Nature Reserve
in 2014. Only the second record for north Wales
 
 Wingspan
:
  M & F 13-16mm.
 
 Confusion species
 
 A fairly distinctive species.
 
 | Flight time & Voltinity
(Univoltine) 
 Habitat
 
 Wherever the foodplant is found.
 
 Foodplant
 
 Rosaceous sp.
 
 Lifestage data
 
 Spinning. Eggs laid on foodplant. Larva lives and feeds in spun leaves.
Pupates in a flimsy cocoon 'spun up' in leaf litter.
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