Eucosma lacteana
Checklist Number49.273 [B&F: 1195]
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: | Eucosma |
| Species: | lacteana |
| Authority: | (Treitschke, 1835) |
Nationally scarce (Na) in saltmarshes in England, from Sussex to Lincolnshire. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 13-17 mm. Reminiscent of E. pupillana in its whitish general appearance but distinguished by the comparatively poorly defined fasciate markings of the forewing and the weak ocellus [Bradley]. Larva feeds on flowers of Sea Wormwood, over-wintering in a cocoon.
