49.127 BF945 – Tortricidae – Tortricinae – Aethes cnicana

Tortricidae – Tortricinae – Aethes cnicana – Thistle Conch

STATUS – Local and widespread across the county, favouring the north-west and found on Thistles.

ID POINTERS – Forewing is a creamy whitish, usually suffused with brownish-yellow and greyish. An orange-brown or reddish-brown angled cross-band at about one half and another more obscured towards the apex.

FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing during June – September

IMAGES – Buxton, Derbyshire – Steve Orridge©

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