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Family: Tortricidae   Checklist Number: 49.195

Bactra furfurana  (Haworth, 1811)

Marsh Lance

A common species with all current records from the southern islands. The flight period is May to September mainly associated bogs and marshes. The larval food-plant is rushes (Juncus spp.).

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

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