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