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Family: Tortricidae   Checklist Number: 49.142

Falseuncaria ruficiliana  (Haworth, 1811)

Rusty-tipped Straw

Regularly recorded on the southern islands but should also be found on Harris and Lewis. Bivoltine: occurs from April to August in heathland, machair and boggy ground. Larval food-plants are herbaceous including common lousewort (Pedicularis sylvatica) and cowslip (Primula veris). The larvae overwinter.

References: 
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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