Wingspan 12-15 mm. The scientific name cruciana refers to the pale forewing markings which, when the moth is at rest, meet to form the shape of a cross when seen from above.

A wide range of habitats.

Flying from June to early August, the adults can be disturbed from the foliage of the foodplants during the day.

The foodplants are various Willows, in particular Creeping Willow, on which the larva spins together the leaves of a terminal shoot and feeds within.

Widespread but local in the British Isles. In the Butterfly Conservation’s Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as local.

Records would tend to indicate that this species is uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = D (rare or rarely recorded)