Last modified: May 16, 2021, 8:44 a.m.
A very rare and local species in Belgium, mainly observed in the south.
Native
The larva rolls a leaf or lives in a spun terminal shoot.
It hibernates and pupates in a white silken cocoon in a spun shoot.
The moths are active in warm sunshine from afternoon onwards.
The adult flies from May till early August.
The larva lives mainly on: Myrica, Vaccinium myrtillus or Solidago virgaurea, but possibly also on other herbacious plants and even: Picea, Larix, or Pinus.