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Small World Discoveries
by Tony Enticknap - tickspics
Focusing on insects, arachnids and other small nature subjects from East Dorset and the New Forest ...
Common Marble
Celypha lacunana
LEPIDOPTERA | Tortricoidea
Tortricidae (Tortricid Leafroller Moths) > Olethreutinae > Olethreutini
Checklist ref. 49.166
Designation: 'micro-moth'
Status: common and widely distributed
Typical habitat: almost anywhere
Larval foodplant:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â in spun leaves or flowers of herbaceous plants, or occasionally shrubs
Flight behaviour: flies at dusk and to light, but often disturbed by day
Flight season: May - September
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Kitt's Grave (woodland), Hampshire | June 22
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Cashmoor Down, East Dorset | June 21
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