Family: Noctuidae
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2160 Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea Wingspan 32-37
1077

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, widespread throughout Britain
Habitat: Abundant in gardens, edge of salt marsh, heathland

Laval Food Plant:

 Wide range of herbaceous and woody plants
Overwinters: As a pupa underground

Flight Period

2163 Broom Moth Ceramica pisi Wingspan 32-37mm
0

© Peter Clarke
Status: Resident, common, widespread throughout Britain
Habitat: All kinds of habitat including gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Broom, Bracken and other herbaceous plants
Overwinters: As a pupa in an underground cocoon

Flight Period

2164 Broad-barred White Hecatera bicolorata Wingspan 28-35
31

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, local, widespread in Southern mainland Britain, more local in the north and Scotland
Habitat: Vegetated coastal dunes, shingle, rough grassland

Laval Food Plant:

 Flowers and flower buds of Hawkweeds, Sow Thistle and other related plants
Overwinters: As a pupa underground

Flight Period

2166 The Campion Hadena rivularis Wingspan 27-30mm
56

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, widespread throughout Britain
Habitat: Wide range of grassy open places

Laval Food Plant:

 Opening seeds of various Campions
Overwinters: As a pupa in an underground cocoon

Flight Period

2167 Tawny Shears Hadena perplexa Wingspan 27-36mm
15

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, found in England, Wales and S Scotland
Habitat: Many coastal areas also inland in fields and gardens

Laval Food Plant:

 Opening seed of various Campions
Overwinters: As a pupa in an underground cocoon

Flight Period

2170 Varied Coronet Hadena compta Wingspan 25-30mm
10

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, suspected immigrant, found in S England reaching The Midlands
Habitat: Gardens and grasslands

Laval Food Plant:

 Open seed pods of Sweet William
Overwinters: As a pupa in an underground cocoon

Flight Period

2171 Marbled Coronet Hadena confusa Wingspan 33-39mm
5

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, widespread throughout Britain
Habitat: Open ground especially on the coast

Laval Food Plant:

 Opening seed pods of Bladder Campion
Overwinters: Sometimes twice as a pupa in an underground cocoon

Flight Period

2173 The Lychnis Hadena bicruris Wingspan 30-40mm
89

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, widespread throughout Britain
Habitat: Woodlands, hedgerows, gardens, sand dunes

Laval Food Plant:

 Ripening seeds of Campion
Overwinters: As a pupa in an underground cocoon

Flight Period

2176 Antler Moth Cerapteryx graminis Wingspan 27-39mm
4

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, widespread throughout Britain
Habitat: Open country, upland moorland, downland

Laval Food Plant:

 Hard bladed grasses, Sedges, Rushes
Overwinters: As an egg scattered over grassland in flight

Flight Period

2177 Hedge Rustic Tholera cespitis Wingspan 34-40mm
2

© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, locally common throughout most of Britain
Habitat: Open grasslands and rough grassy places

Laval Food Plant:

 Hard bladed grasses
Overwinters: As an egg laid loose in the sward

Flight Period

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