Cochylis pallidana

    Sheep's-bit Straw

    TortricidaeABH 49.14 B&F 967

    Associated with sheep’s bit, Jasione montana, a plant essentially restricted to Exmoor, especially coastally.  Rare and something of an enigma in Somerset; the Minehead (1998) record presents no problem, but the three records from Berrow do, as the foodplant does not occur there or nearby.

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