Tortricidae

49.006 Scarce Straw Tortrix Paramesia gnomana (Clerck, 1759)

pRDB1 possibly extinct

Similar species: 49.037 Clepsis spectrana

Forewing: 7.5 to 9mm

Habitats: Unknown.

Habits: The last British record was in 1983.

Foodplant: The larva is thought to be polyphagous on the leaves of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants.

On the European mainland it has also been recorded feeding on iris, plantains, woundworts, dandelion and Bilberry.