Irish moths

Catoptria margaritella

Family: Crambidae       Sub-family: Crambinae 

1314     *     Catoptria margaritella



Wingspan: 20-23mm

Flight time: July-August
Habitat: Boggy heaths and moorland

Larval food plant is unknown but possibly Eriophorum spp.



Catoptria margaritella

Catoptria margaritella
Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. July 2011

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