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Aethes cnicana
Thistle Straw (Westwood, 1854)
Tortricidae: Tortricinae
945 / 49.127
Photo © Jim Wheeler,  Lynford Arboretum 11/06/10

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Burdock Straw
Aethes rubigana
Common Marbled Straw
Aethes smeathmanniana
Wingspan: 14-17 mm.
Flight: June - August.
Foodplant:   Thistles.
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
Status
Widespread.
Marshy areas, fens, scrub, waste ground.

Slightly glossy appearance to the forewings.
Slightly smaller than the similar A. rubigana and lacking the darker markings.

Recorded in 48 (65%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
01/09/2023128TF83Syderstone
07/08/2023127TG11Costessey
27/07/2023427TM49Burgh St Peter
13/07/2023128TF63Snettisham
11/07/2023227TM49Aldeby (Stanley Carrs)
07/07/2023128TF83Syderstone
25/06/2023127TG11Costessey
25/06/2023128TF92Brisley
24/06/2023227TG13Hempstead
23/06/2023127TG10Cringleford (UEA)
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