Family: Tortricidae Checklist Number: 49.228
Epinotia sordidana (Hübner, [1824])
Brown Alder Roller
A scarce species in Scotland with just one record from the Outer Hebrides, found on South Uist in 2016. On the wing from August to October over boggy and marshy habitats. The larval food-plant is alder (Alnus glutinosa).
References:
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.