Couple

Forewing Length: 4-5mm;
Wingspan: 9-11mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
May - June	(Winter)	?	May - July (Earliest: 14.5)

Biotopes:	Heath and Moorland	Spruce Forest Edge
Food: (Larva) (Monophagous)	Vaccinium myrtillus
Food: (Adult)	Carex panicea Pollen
Parasitoids:	Agrypon varitarsum Larva	Cratichneumon culex Larva

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Micropterix aureatella
Micropterix aureatella
Nature Spot: Micropterix aureatella
Lepiforum: Micropterix aureatella

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