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Family: Tortricidae   Checklist Number: 49.255

Epinotia nisella   (Clerck, 1759)

Brindled Poplar Tortrix

Rarely recorded in the islands. On the wing in July to early October over bogs, moorland, scrub and woodland. The larvae feed on willows (Salix spp.) and poplar (Populus).

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

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