Lepidoptera Antithesia Salicella Moth
This moth is not nearly so common as the last species, but is fairly plentiful in some localities in the south of England. It belongs to the same family as Pruniana.
The fore wings are whitish at the base and along the inner margin, but the light tint is dotted and clouded with shades of brown. The remainder of the wings is marbled with dark brown of different depths, relieved near the hind margin with a little blue. The hind wings, as is usual with the Tortrices, are dull smoky brown.
The caterpillar is reddish brown with black spots, and feeds during May in rolled leaves of willows.
The moth flies in August and September.