Tortricidae

49.181 Spurge Marble Lobesia occidentis Falkovitsh, 1970

pRDB2

Similar species:

Forewing: 4.5 to 6mm

Habitats: Open woodland, sea-cliffs and sand-dunes.

Habits: It occasionally flies about its foodplant in afternoon sunshine. It normally flies from dusk.

Foodplant: The larva feeds in the loosely spun and bundled terminal shoots of Wood Spurge and Sea Spurge. Its presence may be detected by looking for immature, non-flowering, discoloured plants. The larva pupates in a leaf fold between two spun leaves or in the larva habitation.