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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) |
Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) 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.
