Forewing Length: 4.5-6.5mm;
Wingspan: 10-13mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	August- April	February - April	April - June (Earliest: 1.5)

Biotopes:	Spruce Forest
Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous)	Picea abies
Food: (Adult)	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar
Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae	Many Braconidae Larvae	Several Tachinidae Larvae
Possible Predators:	Several Vespidae	Several Miridae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Epinotia tedella
Eurasian Tortricidae: Epinotia tedella
Epinotia tedella
Nature Spot: Epinotia tedella
Eurasian Tortricidae: Epinotia tedella
Lepiforum: Epinotia tedella
UK Fly Mines: Epinotia tedella
Plant Parasites of Europe: Epinotia tedella

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