Gypsonoma sociana

Wingspan 12-15 mm. This species has a distinctive blackish triangle on the lower edge of each forewing which join together to form a diamond shape when the moth is at rest.

Woodland, gardens, orchards, parks, river-banks and ditches.

The moth flies from late evening during July and August.

Larva feeds within catkins of Black Poplar, Aspen and Willow; it subsequently burrows into a twig of Poplar or Willow and later occupies a leaf bud.

Fairly frequent over much of Britain. In the Butterfly Conservation’s Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as common.

Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = A (common and resident)