Moitrelia obductella

Moitrelia obductella is a species of snout moth.[1] It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Fennoscandia, Estonia, Latvia and Ukraine).[2]
The wingspan is 23–26 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from the second half of July to early August.[4]
The larvae feed on Origanum (including Origanum vulgare), Mentha, Calamintha and Thymus species. They live in a spun terminal shoot of their host plant. They constructs a silken web intermixed with dead leaves. It overwinters in the larval stage. Pupation takes place in July within a papery cocoon in the earth or amongst leaf-litter.[5]
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