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.

Smoky-barred Marble or Thistle Marble - Lobesia abscisana.

Monday, December 4, 2023

Smoky-barred Marble or Thistle Marble - Lobesia abscisana. A micro moth species from the family of Tortricidae, subfamily Olethreutinae. The moth has a wingspan of about 10 o 13 mm. A smallish moth with brown and white markings and darker than related species. This species’ habitat is rough grassland where Creeping Thistle is present. This moth has two generations and is on the wing from May and again in July and August. Flying from dusk onwards, and are attracted to light. The species’ life history is that the larvae feed in spinning on the shoots of Creeping Thistle. It is distributed mainly in the south and south-east of England, with some records from further north into Yorkshire and is classified as common in the UK.

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