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Family: Tortricidae   Checklist Number: 49.128

Aethes rubigana   (Treitschke, 1830)

Burdock Straw

Common on the southern islands but sparse and local across Scotland. The flight period is from June to August. The habitat is wherever the food-plant, burdock (Arctium), occurs. The larvae overwinter.

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

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