Hello, from Steve Garten and welcome to my weird and wonderful world of moths.

I’m amateur Lepidopterist, I trap and record moth species on my six acre wildlife meadow at Tibenham Norfolk, UK.

The list of moths listed in this Micro-moths blog and the Macro Moths blog are the species I have recorded since 2015.

Sallow Marble - Apotomis capreana.

Sallow Marble - Apotomis capreana. A micro moth species from the family of Tortricidae, subfamily , Olethreutinae. The moth has a wingspan of about 20 mm. This moth is similar in appearance to Birch Marble - Apotomis betuletana. This species’ habitat is in open woodland, margins of woods, gravel pits, marshes, and banks of streams. Flying mainly in July and August and often occurs into early October. The species’ life history is that the larvae feed on goat willow, spinning leaves together with silk. The species is classified as local in the UK.

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