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Family: Tortricidae   Checklist Number: 49.194

Bactra lancealana  (Hübner, [1799])

Common Lance

A common species which is quite variable in colour and markings. On the wing from May to October in two generations. The 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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