Description

Adult

Wingspan of 9-12 mm. Forewings pale brownishgrey with short creamy white bars along the entire length of costa. Cilia shining dark grey. Hindwing grey-brown with a concolorous basal ciliary line and outer cilia creamy white. Labial palps pale greybrown, whiter above. Thorax & tegulae pale brownish-grey.

Larvae

Undescribed

Eggs

Laid on the upper leaves of host plant.

Distribution

Europe and Asia.

Economic Host(s)

Lucerne and Alfalfa

Symptoms/Signs

Feed on flowers and seeds of their host without causing discolouration. Evidence of infestation is indicated by irregular holes in glumes, often edged with frass.

Generations:

1