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Family: Tortricidae   Checklist Number: 49.161

Celypha striana  ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Barred Marble

Common in southern Britain, rare in Scotland. Just a few recorded from South Uist. On the wing from May to September in machair, gardens and scrub. The food-plants is dandelions (Taraxacum spp.).

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

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