Hantsmoths

Local in damp woodland, marshes and freshwater margins throughout much of southern England, rarely in Wales. In Hampshire locally common only at Ampfield and Emer Bog, and also at Botley Wood. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight since 1900. Wingspan 12-14 mm. Like several other Epermenia species, the dorsum has a number of prominent hump-like scale-teeth, in E. falciformis there are two, occasionally three, black scale-teeth, the largest one at one-third (MBGBI Vol 3). Larva feeds within stems and leaves of Wild Angelica and Ground Elder, living within a spun or rolled leaf.