''Scythris grandipennis'' 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

The moth flies mainly during the day and has a wingspan of circa 12–20mm. The bronze forewings are long, pointed with a few whitish scales in the disc. The gregarious larvae make a silk web and feed on the shoots of the food plant which include Spanish gorse (''

Genista hispanica ''Genista hispanica'', the Spanish gorse, or anlaga, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to southern France and northern Spain. It is suited for borders, wall and rock gardens, gravelly soils, and coastal situations. ...

''), '' Genista sagittalis'', dyer's greenweed (''

Genista tinctoria ''Genista tinctoria'', the dyer's greenweed or dyer's broom, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. Its other common names include dyer's whin, waxen woad and waxen wood. The Latin specific epithet ''tinctoria'' means "used as a ...

''), European gorse (''

Ulex europaeus ''Ulex europaeus'', the gorse, common gorse, furze or whin, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the British Isles and Western Europe. Description Growing to tall, it is an evergreen shrub. The young stems are ...

'') and dwarf gorse (''

Ulex minor ''Ulex minor'', the dwarf furze or dwarf gorse is an evergreen dwarf shrub in the family Fabaceae, native to eastern England, France, Spain and Portugal. It is restricted to lowland heathland habitats. It normally grows about tall, although in ...

'').

References

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