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Musotima nitidalis (Walker, [1866])

Marbled Fern
63.1190 (B&F: 1355a)

Synonym(s):
Isopteryx nitidalis Walker, 1866
Diathrausta timaralis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Pyraloidea
    »Family: Crambidae
      »Subfamily: Musotiminae
        »Tribe: Endotrichini

Number of records: 780
Recorded in: 77 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 29 xi 2024
Identification 
difficulty 
: 1Adult: Distinctive

To be completed.

Musotima nitidalis
Wakehurst Place, 17 vii 2018
Photo: Bob Foreman
Musotima nitidalis
Crowborough, 17 v 2025
Photo: Charles Waters
Musotima nitidalis
Wych Cross, Forest Row, 16 iv 2014
Photo: Hew Prendergast
Musotima nitidalis
Lewes, 31 x 2024
Photo: Peter Tinning
Musotima nitidalis
larva on Bracken
Battle, 13 x 2018
Photo: Hew Prendegast
Musotima nitidalis
larva on Bracken
Battle, 21 ix 2020
Photo: Hew Prendegast
Musotima nitidalis
larva on Bracken
Battle, 21 ix 2020
Photo: Hew Prendegast
Musotima nitidalis
Crowborough, 31 3 2026
Photo: Charles Waters

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