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Bramble Shoot Moth  Epiblema uddmanniana (Adult)

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1175 Bramble Shoot Moth Epiblema uddmanniana

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1175 Bramble Shoot Moth Epiblema uddmanniana

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Wingspan 15-20 mm.

A common and widely distributed species, occupying woodland and hedgerows where bramble occurs.

Easily distinguished by the chocolate-brown blotch on the forewing, contrasting with a greyish ground colour.

The foodplants are bramble, and other Rubus species, and the adult is on the wing in June and July.