Family:
Noctuidae
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| 2375
|
Large
Wainscot |
Rhizedra
lutosa |
Wingspan
42-50mm |
74
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, fairly well distributed throughout England and Wales,
local and Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Reed
beds |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Common
Reed |
| Overwinters: |
As
an egg. Pupates on the ground among leaf litter |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2377
|
Fen
Wainscot |
Arenostola
phragmitidis |
Wingspan
32-36mm |
32
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
local in S and E England westward to Dorset and locally in
N W England |
| Habitat: |
Reedbeds |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Common
Reed |
| Overwinters: |
As
an egg on the food plant. Pupates on the ground among leaf
litter |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2379
|
Small
Rufous |
Coenobia
rufa |
Wingspan
22-25mm |
0
|
© Peter Clarke |
| Status: |
Resident,
local. Quite well distributed in S & SW England and E
Anglia, local elsewhere |
| Habitat: |
Fens,
marshes, bogs |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Various
Rushes |
| Overwinters: |
As
a small larva. Pupates low down on old stems of the food plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2380
|
Treble
Lines |
Charanyca
trigrammica |
Wingspan
35-40mm |
59
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Grassland,
grassy heathland, sand dunes, open woodland |
Laval
Food Plant: |
A
range of herbaceous plants including Knapweed |
| Overwinters: |
As
a small larva. Pupates underground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2381
|
The
Uncertain |
Hoplodrina
alsines |
Wingspan
28-34mm |
757
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Woodlands,
open meadows, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
A
range of herbaceous plants including Knapweed & Docks |
| Overwinters: |
As
a larva. Pupates in an undergound cocoon |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2382
|
The
Rustic |
Hoplodrina
blanda |
Wingspan
31-35mm |
587
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain, local in mainland
Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Woodlands,
open meadows, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
A
range of herbaceous plants including Knapweed & Docks |
| Overwinters: |
As
a larva. Pupates in an undergound cocoon |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2384
|
Vine's
Rustic |
Hoplodrina
ambigua |
Wingspan
32-34mm |
711
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain, local in mainland
Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Grasslands,
heathland, woodland rides, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
A
range of herbaceous plants including Knapweed & Docks |
| Overwinters: |
As
a larva. Pupates in an undergound cocoon |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2385
|
Small
Mottled Willow |
Spodoptera
exigua |
Wingspan
26-32mm |
5
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Immigrant,
recorded annually mainly in S England |
| Habitat: |
Almost
anywhere in S England |
Laval
Food Plant: |
A
range of herbaceous plants including Docks, Groundsel, Dandelion |
| Overwinters: |
Not
yet confirmed as breeding in England |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2387
|
Mottled
Rustic |
Caradrina
morpheus |
Wingspan
32-38mm |
1163
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Farmland,
grassland, gardens, heathland, sand dunes |
Laval
Food Plant: |
A
range of herbaceous plants including Knapweed & Hedge
Bedstraw |
| Overwinters: |
As
a fully grown larva. Pupates in a cocoon underground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2389
|
Pale
Mottled Willow |
Caradrina
clavipalpis |
Wingspan
26-35mm |
274
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Grassland,
farmland, gardens |
Laval
Food Plant: |
Grass
seeds including Cereal seeds |
| Overwinters: |
As
a fully grown larva. Pupates in an undergound cocoon |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
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