Appearance
The wingspan is 9–13 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous; a dorsal streak to beyond middle, and sometimes a posterior spot in disc reddish ochreous; a spot on dorsum at base, an oblique fascia at 1/4, a costally furcate fascia in middle, a tornal spot, a costal spot beyond it, and some terminal dots rosy silvery; stigmata sometimes obscurely blackish. Hindwings are grey. The larva is ochreous-brown, rosy-tinged; subdorsal line dark brown, partly edged with pale yellowish; spiracular pale yellowish, slender; head and front of 2 pale brown.Food
The larvae feed on "Calluna" species and "Empetrum nigrum". They feed from a silken tube which is formed among the leaves. Larvae can be found from September to June.References:
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