49.115 BF942  -  Tortricidae -  Tortricinae - Aethes piercei - Greater Marbled Straw - Obraztsov, 1952 Adult Micro:  CAT 3 - Very Rare/Scarce/Migrant/Adventive - confusion with leaf mines       PDF Icon - click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon - click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Black - Uncertain/Unknown - Insufficient Data   
Taxonomy:   Micro  >> . >>  Tortricidae Other Name/s: Devil’s-bit Conch ID Difficulty:  amber  - care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely - quality photographs required.
Confusion Species:  Aethes hartmanniana (Lesser Marbled Straw)
ID pointers: It is larger than A.hartmanniana, generally darker in colour, and the raised whitish spots do not combine to form striations as often as that species.
Distribution:  (Last record: 2010 at Biggin Dale )  -  Uncertain due to so few records. Easily confused with A. hartmanniana – Harrison & Sterling recorded in 1917 and from the dales but no dates. DaNES show 4 records one in 2007 from Bonsal Moor & 3 in 2010 from Biggin Dale: iRecord -One record under query from Deep Dale 1/6/2019.
Flight Period: June /  July /  -  One brood June-July Moth Activity: Nocturnal   - active from dusk into the night Photographed: No -  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 20 March 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 15-24mm
Food Plant: Devil’s-bit Scabious
Last Recorded Year: 2010
Last Recorded By - D.Grundy (DaNES)
Last Recorded General Area - Biggin Dale

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