49.128 Burdock Conch Aethes rubigana (Treitschke, 1830)
Family
Tortricidae: Tortricinae.
Status
Resident. Local.
Flight period
VC72
First for Dumfries & Galloway was found at Barony College at Parkgate on 9th July 1982 during a Scottish Entomologists' meeting.
Other sites: Blawbare at Closeburn, Castle Loch LNR at Lochmaben.
VC73
First was found at Kirkdale Bank on 10th July 1999 during a 'Grey Daggers' Moth Group field meeting.
Other sites: Auchenshore on Auchencairn Bay, Bar Hill near Knockbrex, Clifton, Mersehead RSPB.
VC74
First was found at Port Kale and Port Mora on 11th July 2003.
Other sites: None.
Life cycle
Larval foodplants
Identification
Habitat Recorders' notes | © Keith Naylor, Mersehead RSPB, 22 July 2005 Distribution map displays records from the National Biodiversity Network (See terms and conditions). The following datasets are included:
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