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Family: Tortricidae   Checklist Number: 49.115

Aethes piercei  Obraztsov, 1952

Greater Marbled Straw

Rare with just two records from Eriskay, recorded in May and June. A coastal species found in damp grassland and boggy moorland. Larvae feed on devil's-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) and overwinter.

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

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