Blastodacna hellerella

Wingspan 11 mm. This is a fairly distinctive moth.

The moth is to be found in woodland margins, parks and gardens where Hawthorn species are to be found.

The adult is nocturnal and flies during June and July, when it can be attracted by light.

Larvae burrow into the berries of Hawthorn (Crataegus) species.

Common, in hedgerows, woodland edges and scrub, throughout the British Isles but not in northern Scotland and rare in Ireland. In the Butterfly Conservation’s Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as common.

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = C (very scarce resident or rare migrant)