Family: Noctuidae
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2262 The Brick Agrochola circellaris Wingspan 33-38mm
15

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, widespread throughout Britain, although more local in Scotland
Habitat: Broadleaf woodland, parkland, scrub, gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Flowers and leaves of Wych Elm, Poplar
Overwinters: As an egg beside the buds of the food plant

Flight Period

2263 Red-line Quaker Agrochola lota Wingspan 33-40mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, widespread throughout Britain, although more local in Scotland
Habitat: Woodland rides, scrub, hedgerows, open country

Laval Food Plant:

 Catkins of Sallow & Willow moving on to the leaves when mature
Overwinters: As an egg laid singly on a twig of the food plant

Flight Period

2264 Yellow-line Quaker Agrochola macilenta Wingspan 32-36mm
15

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, widespread throughout Britain
Habitat: Broadleaf woodland, parkland, scrub, gardens + moorland further north

Laval Food Plant:

 Deciduous trees in the south, heather in the north
Overwinters: As an egg laid singly on a twig of the food plant

Flight Period

2265 Flounced Chestnut Agrochola helvola Wingspan 30-35mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, widespread in southern half of Britain, although more local in Scotland
Habitat: Broadleaf woodland, parkland, scrub, gardens + moorland further north

Laval Food Plant:

 Broadleaf trees in the south, Heather further north
Overwinters: As an egg laid singly on a twig of the food plant

Flight Period

2266 Brown-spot Pinion Agrochola litura Wingspan 28-35mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, widespread throughout Britain
Habitat: Woodland, parkland, scrub, gardens, fens

Laval Food Plant:

 Many varieties of herbaceous plants, when larger the leaves of broadleaf trees
Overwinters: As an egg on the food plant

Flight Period

2267 Beaded Chestnut Agrochola lychnidis Wingspan 30-35mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, widespread throughout Britain
Habitat: Woodland rides, scrub, hedgerows, open country

Laval Food Plant:

 Many varieties of herbaceous plants, when larger the leaves of broadleaf trees
Overwinters: As an egg on the food plant

Flight Period

2268 The Suspected Parastichtis suspecta Wingspan 29-34mm
0

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, immigrant, distributed throughout most of Britain, Absent in parts of Wales and SW England
Habitat: Fens, carr, woodland, heathland, moorland

Laval Food Plant:

 Birch & Sallow
Overwinters: As an egg underground in a cocoon

Flight Period

2269 Centre-barred Sallow Atethmia centrago Wingspan 32-36mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, well distributed throughout Britain
Habitat: Broadleaf woodland and open places with Ash trees

Laval Food Plant:

 Buds and flowers of Ash
Overwinters: As an egg laid in small batches in ona twig

Flight Period

2270 Lunar Underwing Omphaloscelis lunosa Wingspan 32-38mm
2047

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, widespread throughout Britain more local further north and in Scotland
Habitat: Damp pasture parkland, downland and gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Grasses including Yorkshire Fog & Meadow Grass
Overwinters: As a small larva low down among the grass

Flight Period

2271 Orange Sallow Xanthia citrago Wingspan 28-33mm
0

© Peter Clarke
Status: Resident, common, widespread throughout Britain
Habitat: Broadleaf woodland, parks, gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Limes, Weepimg Wych Elm
Overwinters: As an egg laid in small batches on a twig

Flight Period

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