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Phalonidia curvistrigana

Checklist Number
49.100 [B&F: 0934]

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:Phalonidia
Species:curvistrigana
Authority:(Stainton, 1859)

Vulnerable (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) in woodland and scrubland in parts of England and Wales. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 13-15 mm. Distinguished from P. gilvicomana by the comparatively clear ground colour in the postmedian area of the forewing [Bradley]. Larva feeds within flowers of Goldenrod.