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TORTRICIDAE | Tortricinae | Cochylini
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49.121 Aethes tesserana (Four-spotted Straw)
ws: 11-17mm; May-Aug; bristly/hawkweed oxtongue (Picris echioides/hieracioides), hawkweeds (Hieracium spp), hawksbeards (Crepis spp, ploughman's spikenard (Inula conyzae); local in England, more common in south.
Synonym: Phalonia aleella (Pierce & Metcalfe)
Synonym: Phalonia aleella (Pierce & Metcalfe)
Aethes tesserana §1
ID: Chequered pattern of yellow and ochreous-yellow. Variable in colour from pale yellow to ferruginous-brown.
§1 Foulness, Essex; 20/07/2008; fw 5.5mm
§2 Foulness, Essex; 31/07/2011; male; fw 6.8mm
§3 Foulness, Essex; 20/07/2013; male; fw 6.7mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 07/06/2014; male; fw 8.0mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 25/05/2019; male; fw 6.6mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Foulness, Essex; 31/07/2011; male; fw 6.8mm
§3 Foulness, Essex; 20/07/2013; male; fw 6.7mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 07/06/2014; male; fw 8.0mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 25/05/2019; male; fw 6.6mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 23/04/2012 (§1-2) | §3 added 09/11/2013 | §4 added 23/01/2015 | §5 added 12/02/2020
