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Family: Tortricidae   Checklist Number: 49.109

Agapeta hamana  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Garden Straw

Common, with most recorded from the southern islands. On the wing from May to September over grassland and machair. Larvae feed on thistles and overwinter.

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

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