49.184 BF1106 – Tortricidae – Olethreutinae – Lobesia reliquana

Tortricidae – Olethreutinae – Lobesia reliquana

STATUS – Unknown. Not listed in Harrison & Sterling (1988). A nationally local species, scarce in Northern England. 

ID POINTERS – Forewing narrow and slightly pointed. Overall orangey-brown with varying triangular blotches of pale creamy-orange, reddish-brown. A scale tuft near base of head.

FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing during May – June

IMAGES – Belper, Derbyshire – Dave Evans© 

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