Family: Tortricidae       Sub-family: Tortricinae ABH 49.127 B&F 945     *     Aethes cnicana Widespread Wingspan: 14-17mm Flight time: May-August Food plant: Thistles (Cirsium ssp.) Larvae feed on seedheads then pupate in stem

Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. 2010