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Endothenia marginana

Synonyms: Antithesia similana; Tortrix marginana (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Endothenia marginana, the downland marble, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811. It is found in almost all of Europe. The wingspan is 11–16 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to August. 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.
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Infraspecies

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fenland 1529 England, United Kingdom
Kenfig/ Cynffig 2945 Wales, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Centaurea nigra (Lesser Knapweed)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0