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Family: Tortricidae   Checklist Number: 49.188

Endothenia marginana  (Haworth, 1811)

Bordered Marble

There are three records from South Uist and another from the small island of Hellisay. The larvae feed on flowers and seeds of a wide range of plants which include marsh lousewort (Pedicularis palustris) and yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor). The flight period is from May to September.

References: 
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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