Family: Noctuidae
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2128 Double Square-spot Xestia triangulum Wingspan 36-46mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, distributed throughout Britain
Habitat: Deciduous woodland, hedgerows, gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Many herbaceous plants, Blackthorn, Hawthorn, Raspberry
Overwinters: As a larva, pupates underground

Flight Period

2130 Dotted Clay Xestia baja Wingspan 35-40mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, distributed throughout Britain
Habitat: Woodland, heathland, scrubby grassland, wetlands

Laval Food Plant:

 Herbaceous plants, Nettle, Sallow, Birch, Blackthorn
Overwinters: As a small larva, pupates just below ground

Flight Period

2131 Square-spotted Clay Xestia rhomboidea Wingspan 37-44mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, Nationally Scarce B, distributed in S England and some locations N England, Wales and Scotland
Habitat: Broadleaf woodland, mainly on the edges and clearings

Laval Food Plant:

 Common Nettle, Dog's Mercury, Oxlip
Overwinters: As a small larva in a cocoon in the earth

Flight Period

2133 Six-striped Rustic Xestia sexstrigata Wingspan 36-38mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, distributed throughout Britain
Habitat: Wet meadows, fens, damp woodlands

Laval Food Plant:

 Hedge Bedstraw, Bramble, Water Figwort
Overwinters: As a small larva. Pupates just below ground

Flight Period

2134 Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa Wingspan 32-35mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, distributed throughout Britain
Habitat: Grassland, woodland rides, gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Many grasses and herbaceous plants
Overwinters: As a small larva, pupates just below ground

Flight Period

2135 Heath Rustic Xestia agathina Wingspan 28-36mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, local, widespread but not common in Britain
Habitat: Acid heathland and moorland

Laval Food Plant:

 Heathers
Overwinters: As a small larva. Pupates among plant debris

Flight Period

2136 The Gothic Naenia typica Wingspan 33-40mm
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© Peter Clarke
Status: Resident, local, widespread but not common in Britain
Habitat: Gardens, marshes, wet meadows, damp woodland

Laval Food Plant:

 Wide range of herbaceous and woody plants
Overwinters: As a small larva, pupates underground

Flight Period

2137 Great Brocade Eurois occulta Wingspan 50-60mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident but noted immigrant to the E coast. Nationally Scarce B
Habitat: By rivers and boggy areas, scrubby moorland, broadleaf woodland

Laval Food Plant:

 Bog Mirtle and other plants such as Sallows and Birch
Overwinters: As a small larva. Pupates in moss or plant debris on the surface of the soil without a cocoon

Flight Period

2138 Green Arches Anaplectoides prasina Wingspan 40-50mm
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© Jed Andrews
Status: Locally distributed in Britain, more common in Wales and S England
Habitat: Deciduous Woodland

Laval Food Plant:

 Bilberry, honeysuckle, knotgrass
Overwinters: As a larva, pupates underground

Flight Period

2139 Red Chestnut Cerastis rubricosa Wingspan 32-38mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, found throughout Britain
Habitat: Broadleaf woodland, scrub, gardens and N moorlands

Laval Food Plant:

 Woodly plants such as Sallows, Bilberry, Bedstraws
Overwinters: As a pupa in a cocoon

Flight Period

2145 The Nutmeg Discestra trifolii Wingspan 30-35mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common. Most common in S England, becooming scarcer in its range as it goes northwards
Habitat: Gardens, wastegrounds, fens, coastal areas

Laval Food Plant:

 Oraches, Goosefoot and other herbaceous plants
Overwinters: As a pupa in a cocoon on the ground under leaf litter

Flight Period

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