Photo © Mike Wall
Gynnidomorpha minimana
Checklist Number49.106 [B&F: 0927]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Subfamily: | Tortricinae |
| Genus: | Gynnidomorpha |
| Species: | minimana |
| Authority: | (Caradja, 1916) |
Scarce on heathland and mosses in parts of southern England, southern Scotland and western Ireland. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 11-15 mm. Similar to G. alismana but distinguished by the more angulate median fascia [Bradley]. Larva feeds within flowers and seedheads of Lousewort.
