Endothenia marginana

Endothenia marginana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Endothenia
Species:	E. marginana
Binomial name
	Endothenia marginana; (Haworth, 1811)
Synonyms
	Tortrix marginana Haworth, [1811]; Antithesia similana Wilkinson, 1859; Endothenia marginana tarandina Laasonen & Laasonen, 1995;

Endothenia marginana, the downland marble, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811. It is found in almost all of Europe.

The wingspan is 11–16 mm.^[3] Adults are on wing from late May to August.^[4]

The larvae feed on Dipsacus fullonum, Betonica officinalis, Galeopsis species, Pedicularis species, Rhinanthus species and Plantago lanceolata. They feed within the seedheads of their host plant. Larvae can be found from September to June.

References

^ tortricidae.com
^ Fauna Europaea
^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
^ UKmoths

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[1] tortricidae.com

[2] Fauna Europaea

[3] "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-27.

[4] UKmoths

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