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Family: Tortricidae   Checklist Number: 49.120

Aethes smeathmanniana  (Fabricius, 1781)

Common Marbled Straw

Rare with just a handful of records all from the same site on South Uist. A coastal species, flying from May to September. found in machair, dunes and shingle. Larvae feed on herbaceous plants 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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