49.183 BF1108 – Tortricidae – Olethreutinae – Lobesia abscisana

Tortricidae – Olethreutinae – Lobesia abscisana

STATUS – Common but locally scattered across the county. Food plant is Thistle.

ID POINTERS – Forewing a dark brown with two angled whitish cross-bands.The whitish cross-band nearest to the wing tips has a small rounded brown spot along the inner margin of the outer cross-band.

FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing during May – September

IMAGES – Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison© 

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