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Cydia microgrammana
Checklist Number49.327 [B&F: 1220]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Subfamily: | Olethreutinae |
| Genus: | Cydia |
| Species: | microgrammana |
| Authority: | (Guenée, 1845) |
Nationally scarce (Nb) on dry pastures and waste ground in parts of England and Wales. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 10-13 mm. The dense, pale ochreous irroration and extensive dark grey strigulation of the forewing are characteristic [Bradley]. Larva feeds on Common Restharrow, living between shoots spun together with silk.
