Tortricidae – Olethreutinae – Lobesia abscisana – Thistle Marble
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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