''Scythris fuscoaenea'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of the family Scythrididae found in Europe.

Description

Larvae feed on common rock-rose (''

Helianthemum nummularium ''Helianthemum nummularium'' (known as common rock-rose) is a species of rock-rose (Cistaceae), native to most of Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical s ...

''), living within a silken tube or tent, on or below the plant.

References

fuscoaenea Moths of Europe Moths described in 1828 Taxa named by Adrian Hardy Haworth {{Scythrididae-stub