Family:
Noctuidae
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| 2450
|
The
Spectacle |
Abrostola
tripartita |
Wingspan
27-30mm |
142
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout most of Britain |
| Habitat: |
Gardens,
hedgerows, fens, rough pasture, wood edges |
| Laval
Food Plant: |
Common
Nettle |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa among plant debris |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2451
|
Clifden
Nonpareil |
Catocala
fraxini |
Wingspan
75-95mm |
0
|
© Peter Clarke |
| Status: |
Immigrant
and transitory resident mainly in the S & SE of England |
| Habitat: |
Broadleaf
woodland |
| Laval
Food Plant: |
Mainly
Aspen and other Poplars |
| Overwinters: |
As
an egg on the food plant. Pupates in a cocoon spun between
leaves among leaf litter |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2452
|
Red
Underwing |
Catocala
nupta |
Wingspan
65-75mm |
45
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed in central and SE England, local
in SW and N of England |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
parkland, scrub, carr, gardens |
| Laval
Food Plant: |
Black
Poplar. White Poplar and Willows |
| Overwinters: |
As
an egg in the main trunk of the food plant. Pupates in a cocoon
among plant debris |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2462 |
Mother
Shipton |
Callistege
mi |
Wingspan
40-45mm |
0
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, fairly widespread over much of England, scarcer in
Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Woodland
& Marshy areas |
| Laval
Food Plant: |
Tufted
Vetch |
| Overwinters: |
As
a larva |
This
photo was taken in Holme Dunes. |
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2466 |
The
Blackneck |
Lygephila
pastinum |
Wingspan
37-42mm |
1 |
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Locally
common in southern half of Britain, scattered occurences further
north |
| Habitat: |
Day
flying over downland, heathland, low moorland, hay meadows |
| Laval
Food Plant: |
Clovers,
Black Medick, Common Birds-foot Trefoil |
| Overwinters: |
As
a pupa in a cocoon formed among grass blades or just below
ground |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2469
|
The
Herald |
Scoliopteryx
libatrix |
Wingspan
40-45mm |
15
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout England and Wales, local
in Scotland |
| Habitat: |
Broadleaf
woodland, hedgerows, scrub, fens, gardens |
| Laval
Food Plant: |
Willow,
Aspens and other Poplars |
| Overwinters: |
As
an adult in a sheltered location such as outhouses. Pupates
in a cocoon spun between two leaves |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2473
|
Beautiful
Hook Tip |
Laspeyria
flexula |
Wingspan
23-27mm |
1
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
local, distributed locally over S Britain |
| Habitat: |
Woodland,
parkland, scrub, hedgerows |
| Laval
Food Plant: |
Lichen
growing on twigs of broadleaf and conifer trees |
| Overwinters: |
As
a small larva. Pupates in a tough cocoon formed on twigs |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2474
|
Straw
Dot |
Rivula
sericealis |
Wingspan
18-22mm |
174
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
suspected immigrant, common, distributed in the S half of
Britain, scarcer further north |
| Habitat: |
Tall
damp grassland, marshes, fens, heathland, moorland |
| Laval
Food Plant: |
Grasses
including False Brome, Tor-grass and Purple Moor-Grass |
| Overwinters: |
As
a small larva. Puptaes in a cocoon formed between grass blades |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2477
|
The
Snout |
Hypena
proboscidalis |
Wingspan
25-38mm |
122
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, well distributed throughout Britain |
| Habitat: |
Woodland
scrub, hedgerows, wetland and a wide range of other habitats |
| Laval
Food Plant: |
Common
Nettle |
| Overwinters: |
As
a larva. Pupates in a cocoon formed among leaves of the food
plant |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2484
|
Pinion-streaked
Snout |
Schrankia
costaestrigalis |
Wingspan
16-22mm |
0
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
local, distributed locally over much of Britain |
| Habitat: |
Damp
meadows, fens, bogs and other marshy places |
| Laval
Food Plant: |
Unknown
in the wild. In captivity eats Lettuce leaves, Wild Thyme,
Mint |
| Overwinters: |
Unknown,
the early stages have not been found in the wild |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
| 2489
|
The
Fan-foot |
Herminia
tarsipennalis |
Wingspan
30-35mm |
20
|
© Peter Tilley |
| Status: |
Resident,
common, common over much of S England, scarcer further north |
| Habitat: |
Broadleaf
woodland, hedgerows, scrub, fens, gardens |
| Laval
Food Plant: |
Withered
leaves including those of Oak, Beech |
| Overwinters: |
As
a full grown larva, pupates in a cocoon among plant debris |
|
| Flight
Period |
|
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