Distribution and Abundance: Common.

Primary Habitat: General occurrence.

Flight Period: Single brooded in June and July.

Observations: A combination of three species, Marbled Minor (O. strigilis), Rufous Minor (O. versicolor) and Tawny Marbled Minor (O. latruncula) which can only be reliably separated by genitalia dissection. Accordingly all moths where genitalia determinations have not been undertaken should be recorded as Marbled Minor agg. See Marbled Minor for further details. L.O.N.: 1907. Everywhere. Abundant.

First Record: 1843, Whitwell.