Tortricidae

49.118 Silver-striped Straw Aethes margaritana (Haworth, 1811)

pRDB2

Similar species:

Forewing: 5.5 to 7.5mm

Habitats: Coastal grassland, wasteground and on chalk downs and shingle beaches.

Habits: It is easily disturbed in the day and flies in the evening and at dusk.

Foodplant: The larva feeds on the spun flowers and ripening seeds of Yarrow and sometimes Scented Mayweed and Ox-eye Daisy. It overwinters full-fed in the spinning and pupates in the spring in a cocoon in the leaf litter.