Family:
Noctuidae
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| 2272
|
Barred
Sallow |
Xanthia
aurago |
Wingspan
27-32mm |
11
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, found mainly in the S and SE of England, locally in
N England |
| Habitat: |
Downland.
heathland, scrubby farmland |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Field
Maple, Beech, at first on buds, later on flowers and leaves |
| Overwinters: |
As
an egg laid in small batches on a twig |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2273
|
Pink-barred
Sallow |
Xanthia
togata |
Wingspan
27-30mm |
7
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, widespread throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Broadleaf
woodland, marshes, fens, heathland |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Catkins
of Sallows, later on herbaceous plants |
| Overwinters: |
As
an egg laid in short rows on twigs of food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2274
|
The
Sallow |
Xanthia
icteritia |
Wingspan
27-35mm |
30
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, widespread throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Broadleaf
woodland, marshes, fens, heathland |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Catkins
of Sallows, later on herbaceou plants |
| Overwinters: |
As
an egg laid in short rows on twigs of the food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2275
|
Dusky-lemon
Sallow |
Xanthia
gilvago |
Wingspan
32-38mm |
2
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
local, scattered throughout England and Wales into S Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Broadleaf
woodland, hedgerows, parkland with Elms |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Ripening
buds & leaves of Wych Elm, sometimes English Elm |
| Overwinters: |
As
an egg laid in short rows on twigs of the food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2278
|
Poplar
Grey |
Acronicta
megacephala |
Wingspan
40-44mm |
66
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, widespread throughout Britain more local further north
and in Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
fens, gardens, parks |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Black
Poplar, Aspen, and other Poplars |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon under loose bark |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2279
|
The
Sycamore |
Acronicta
aceris |
Wingspan
35-45mm |
10
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident, local, distributed
mainly in SE counties of England, scattered records elsewhere |
| Habitat: |
Parkland,
gardens, woodland, & scrub |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Sycamore,
Field Maple, Horse Chestnut |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon on the bark, sometimes more than once |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2280
|
The
Miller |
Acronicta
leporina |
Wingspan
35-45mm |
5
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, widespread throughout Britain more local further north
and in Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Broadleaf
woodland, marshes, fens, heathland |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Birch,
Alder, Grey Willow |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa burrowing in rotten wood |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2281
|
Alder
Moth |
Acronicta
alni |
Wingspan
33-38mm |
0
|
© Peter Clarke |
| Status: |
Resident,
local, thinly scattered over England and Wales |
| Habitat: |
Broadleaf
woodland and scrub |
Laval
Food Plant: |
A
range of broadleaf trees |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa burrowing in rotton wood |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2283
|
Dark
Dagger |
Acronicta
tridens |
Wingspan
35-45mm |
2
|
Photo © Nigel
Whinney
|
| Status: |
Resident,
common in Southern England, local in N England, very local
in Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
fens, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
A
range of broadleaf trees |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon in a crevice in the wood |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2284
|
Grey
Dagger |
Acronicta
psi |
Wingspan
30-40mm |
154
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed in England, Wales and Lowland Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
gardens, scrub, hedgerows |
Laval
Food Plant: |
A
range of broadleaf trees |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon under loose bark |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
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