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Aethes margaritana
Checklist Number49.118 [B&F: 0948]
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: | Aethes |
| Species: | margaritana |
| Authority: | (Haworth, 1811) |
Scarce in downland, waste ground and shingle beaches in parts of southern England. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 12-16 mm. A distinctive species, readily recognised by the characteristic silver-white ground colour and sharply contrasting deep ochreous markings of the forewing [Bradley]. Larva feeds within seedheads of Yarrow.
