Species Details

ABH: 49.183

BF: 1108

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Lobesia abscisana

Authority: (Doubleday, [1849])

Vernacular: Thistle Marble

Account: Common on waste ground and in flower meadows in southern England, north to Yorkshire and west to Devon. Relatively common in Hampshire, but less so than the superficially similar Celypha lacunana, and very infrequently recorded on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 12-14 mm. Larva feeds within stems of Creeping Thistle.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 12 — 14 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 18 May (2010) — 28 Jul (2013)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/lobesia-abscisana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 13

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2019

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