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Agapeta zoegana
Bright Straw (Linnaeus, 1767)
Tortricidae: Tortricinae
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Garden Straw
Agapeta hamana
Wingspan: 15-25 mm.
Flight: May to August
Foodplant:   Common Knapweed.
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1
Status
Widespread, but scarcer than previous similar species A. hamana.

The form f. ferrugana has orange-brown ground colour instead of the normal yellow. Both have the distinctive brown ring at wing-tip.

Recorded in 62 (84%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1899.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
06/09/2023+27TG40Halvergate
31/08/2023127TG33Ridlington
28/08/2023128TF72Flitcham
27/08/2023127TG04Cley next the Sea
26/08/2023127TG04Cley next the Sea
25/08/2023127TG04Cley next the Sea
24/08/2023928TL78Weeting Heath
23/08/2023127TG21Norwich (Catton)
23/08/2023228TF91Gressenhall
22/08/2023327TG04Cley next the Sea
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