Family:
Noctuidae
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| 2341
|
Cloaked
Minor |
Mesoligia
furuncula |
Wingspan
22-28mm |
107
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Coastal
habitats, sand dunes, also occurs inland |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Grasses
including Tufted Hair Grass |
| Overwinters: |
As
a larva. Pupates at the base of the food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2342
|
Rosy
Minor |
Mesoligia
literosa |
Wingspan
25-30mm |
24
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, this moth is common throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Fens,
scrub, coastal cliffs, sand dunes, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Various
grasses including Marram, Cocks-foot, Cereal crops |
| Overwinters: |
As
a larva. Pupates in leaf litter in a cocoon |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2343
|
Common
Rustic |
Mesapamea
secalis |
Wingspan
27-30mm |
2947
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Wide
range of grasslands and woodland |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Grasses
including Cocks-foot, Cereal crops |
| Overwinters: |
As
a larva Pupates in a cocoon underground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2345
|
Small
Dotted Buff |
Photedes
minima |
Wingspan
20-23mm |
7
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Poorly
drained grassland, marshes and woodland rides |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Tufted
Hairgrass |
| Overwinters: |
As
a larva. Pupates in a cocoon underground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2347
|
The
Concolorous |
Photedes
extrema |
Wingspan
26-28mm |
0
|
© Peter Clarke |
| Status: |
Resident,
suspected immigrant, Red Data Book species, local found in
the Huntingdonshire fens |
| Habitat: |
Drier
parts of the fens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Purple
Small-reed, Wood Small-reed |
| Overwinters: |
As
a part grown larva in the stem of the food plant. Pupates
in a cocoon among leaves of food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2348
|
Lyme
Grass |
Chorodes
elymi |
Wingspan
30-36mm |
2
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
Nationally Scarce B, confimed to E of England and on a single
site on the S coast |
| Habitat: |
Coastal
sand dunes, dune slacks, salt marshes |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Lyme
Grass |
| Overwinters: |
As
a small larva within the food plant, Pupates at the base of
the food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2349
|
Mere
Wainscot |
Photedes
fluxa |
Wingspan
26-30mm |
1
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
Nationall Scarce B, suspected immigrant, scattered locations
in S and central England |
| Habitat: |
Woodland
rides, ancient woodland, fens, marshes, reed beds |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Stems
of Wood Small-reed |
| Overwinters: |
As
a part grown larva in the stem of the food plant. Pupates
in a cocoon anmong food plant debris |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2350
|
Small
Wainscot |
Photedes
pygmina |
Wingspan
23-29mm |
11
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Fens,
marshes, boggy moorland, damp woodland |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Sedges,
Reed Meadow Grass and other grasses |
| Overwinters: |
As
a larva in the stem of the food plant. Pupates in a cocoon
anmong food plant debris |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2352
|
Dusky
Sallow |
Eremobia
ochroleuca |
Wingspan
34-37mm |
320
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, confined to SE England, East Anglia and scattered
localities in Yorkshire |
| Habitat: |
Grassland
and other grassy places |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Flowers
& seeds of grasses including Cocks-foot, Common Couch |
| Overwinters: |
As
an egg. Pupates in an underground cocoon |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2353
|
Flounced
Rustic |
Luperina
testacea |
Wingspan
30-35mm |
764
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Wide
range of grassy places and arable fields |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Roots
and stem bases of Grasses |
| Overwinters: |
As
a larva among the roots of the food plant where it also pupates |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
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