Subfamily: Olethreutinae
Tribe: Lobesiini (2G 13S)
These 3 genera were considered with the 'Olethreutidii' of Pierce and Metcalfe.
The 4th Update to the British Checklist (2021) subsumed Tribes Endotheniini and Bactrini within Lobesiini
Lobesia: ♂valvae long; uncus developed, weak; socii large, drooping; ♀ostium strong with a large plate, signum a scobinate plate or absent
Endothenia: ♂uncus with a long narrow pedunculate stalk and clubbed apex; ♀signum a "squamous depression in the form of a pocket or sac"
Bactra: ♂ uncus well-developed, sacculus rounded or angular with a patch of strong spines; ♀signum a single scobinate patch.
The 4th Update to the British Checklist (2021) subsumed Tribes Endotheniini and Bactrini within Lobesiini
Lobesia: ♂valvae long; uncus developed, weak; socii large, drooping; ♀ostium strong with a large plate, signum a scobinate plate or absent
Endothenia: ♂uncus with a long narrow pedunculate stalk and clubbed apex; ♀signum a "squamous depression in the form of a pocket or sac"
Bactra: ♂ uncus well-developed, sacculus rounded or angular with a patch of strong spines; ♀signum a single scobinate patch.
Lobesia (5S)
181 Lobesia occidentis
(Spurge Marble) ws: 10-13mm; bivoltine Jun, Aug; wood/sea spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides/paralias); NS-B woodland, saltmarsh and sandy beaches in S.England |
182 Lobesia botrana
(European Vine Moth) ws: 11-17mm; Jul-Aug (+); various shrubs; vagrant or accidental import recorded in 1976 and 1989 |
183 Lobesia abscisana
(Thistle Marble) |
Endothenia (8S)
Bactra (5S[1IR])
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