Norfolk status Common. Rough meadows and grassland, waysides, embankments, damp woods, boggy heaths and fens.
Males can be easily distinguished from both sexes of E. gentianaeana and E. oblongana by their white hindwings. Both sexes can be seperated from E. gentianaeana by the narrower area of whitish ground colour distad of the median fascia. Some specimens, especially females, may need dissecting. JC
Can be determined by hindwing colour, otherwise Gen. Det.
E. marginana - White with a narrow dark border. E. gentianaeana - Uniformly dark. E. oblongana - Dark, pale towards the base.
Noted as "common in Norfolk heaths and fens" by Barrett in 1874.
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