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Family: Tortricidae   Checklist Number: 49.150

Apotomis betuletana  (Haworth, 1811)

Birch Marble

Localised distribution across Scotland with just a single record from Eriskay in 2014. This must be under-recorded as the food-plant, birches, are not uncommon. On the wing from June to September in woodland, scrub and heathland.

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

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