[2] It is found in most of Europe and is also present in North America.

Meyrick describes it - Head ferruginous ochreous or grey.

Forewings narrower than in Ypsolopha parenthesella, pale grey or pale greyish-ochreous to deep ferruginous-ochreons or dark bronzy; sometimes several small darker spots, or indistinct longitudinal streaks of whitish irroration, or a dark fuscous median longitudinal streak from base to apex; a dark fuscous dot above tornus; a costal patch of thickened membrane between 11 and 12.

The larvae feed on the upperside of the leaves of Quercus species.

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