Scythris cicadella
Scythris cicadella, the sand owlet, is a moth of the family Scythrididae found in Europe. It was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839.
Description
The wingspan is 9–11 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-May to the end of June flying during the day visiting flowers.The larvae feed on annual knawel and perennial knawel. Other foodplants are likely as knawel is not found in Sweden; the likely foodplant is Scleranthus cicadella. Larvae can be found in May and June attached to the foodplant, living in a long silken gallery made of sand and debris.