Family: Noctuidae
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2391 Silky Wainscot Chilodes maritimus Wingspan 29-36mm
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Status: Resident, locally distributed in S & SE England, scattered locally elsewhere in Britain
Habitat: Reed beds, frequently wanders into other habitats

Laval Food Plant:

 Omnivorous feeding on living and dead invertebrates and the inner tissues of dead Common Reed stems
Overwinters: As a larva. Pupates probably inside broken reed stems

Flight Period

2399 Bordered Sallow Pyrrhia umbra Wingspan 27-35mm
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Status: Resident, local, widespread in S England extends northwards along the coasts to Scotland
Habitat: Calcerous grasslands, coastal sand dunes and shingle, sometimes open woodland

Laval Food Plant:

 Flowers and seeds of Common and Spiney Restharrow
Overwinters: As a pupa just below the surface of the soil

Flight Period

2400 Scarce Bordered Straw Heliothis armigera Wingspan 30-40mm
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Status: Immigrant occuring annualy particularly in S England
Habitat: Mainly coastal but sometimes inland

Laval Food Plant:

 Scarlet Geranium, Yellow Rattle. elsewhere in the world recorded on Maize, Tomatoes, Cotton
Overwinters: Larva rarely found in Britain, unlikely to overwinter

Flight Period

2401 Marbled Clover Heliothis viriplaca Wingspan 26-30mm
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Status: Resident, suspected immigrant, Red Data Book species, breeds in Norfolk & Suffolk
Habitat: Open Brecklands, chalk downland, shingle beach

Laval Food Plant:

 Flowers and seeds of many unrelated plants
Overwinters: As a pupa in a flimsy cocoon on or below ground

Flight Period

2403 Bordered Straw Heliothis peltigera Wingspan 34-42mm
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Status: Immigrant occuring annualy particularly in S England
Habitat: Mainly coastal but sometimes inland

Laval Food Plant:

 Common Restharrow, Sticky Groundsel, Garden Marigolds
Overwinters: Unlikely to survive the Winter in Britain

Flight Period

2410 Marbled White Spot Protodeltote pygarga Wingspan 20-22mm
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Status: Resident, common, well distributed in southern half of England and parts of Wales
Habitat: Woodland, grassy heathland, moorland

Laval Food Plant:

 Range of Grasses
Overwinters: As a pupa in a cocoon just below ground

Flight Period

2418 Cream-bordered Green Pea Earias clorana Wingspan 16-20mm
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Status: Resident, Nationally Scarce B, scattered localities in SE England
Habitat: Norfolk Broads, fens, marshes, damp woodland

Laval Food Plant:

 Shoots of Sallows and Willows
Overwinters: As a pupa in a cocoon on the twig of the foodplant

Flight Period

2421 Scarce Silver-lines Bena bicolorana Wingspan 40-45mm
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Status: Resident, local, well distributed S of Humber in England and Wales. More local further north
Habitat: Broadleaf woodland, parkland

Laval Food Plant:

 Buds and leaves of Pendunculate Oak and Birch
Overwinters: As a small larva in or near the base of the food plant. Pupates in a cocoon on the underside of the leaf of the food plant

Flight Period

2422 Green Silver-lines Pseudoips prasinana Wingspan 30-35mm
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Status: Resident, common over much of England and Wales, less common in Scotland and Ireland
Habitat: Mainly woodlands, sometimes seen in garden light traps some distance from woods

Laval Food Plant:

 Broadleaf trees including, Birch, Beech, Oaks
Overwinters: As a small larva in or near the base of the food plant. Pupates in a cocoon on the underside of the leaf of the food plant

Flight Period

2423 Oak Nycteoline Nycteola revayana Wingspan 20-25mm
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Status: Resident, local, well distributed locally throughout Britain
Habitat: Braodleaf woodland and parkland

Laval Food Plant:

 Pendunculate Oak, Sessile Oak
Overwinters: As an adult among dead leaves, also in conifers

Flight Period

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