Anacampsis temerella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae, found in most of Europe, except Belgium, Switzerland, the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.
The wingspan is 11âÂÂ14 mm. The forewings are blackish, slightly violet-tinged; stigmata deep black, very indistinct, first discal beyond plical; a broad suffused black fascia at 2/3. Hindwings 1 rather dark grey. The larva is whitish; dots black; head and plate of 2 black. Adults are on wing in July and August.
The larvae feed on Salix species, including tea-leaved willow (Salix phylicifolia), great sallow (Salix caprea), downy willow (Salix lapponum) and creeping willow (Salix repens). They feed in a spinning in the terminal shoots of their host plant.