Family: Noctuidae
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2204 Obscure Wainscot Mythimna obsoleta Wingspan 36-40
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, local. Scattered distribution in parts of England and Wales
Habitat: Marshes, fenland, reed beds

Laval Food Plant:

 Common Reed
Overwinters: As a fully grown larva on hollow broken stem of Common Reed, sealed with silk

Flight Period

2205 Shoulder-striped Wainscot Mythimna comma Wingspan 32-37mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, fairly common throughout most of Britain
Habitat: Fens, marshes, damp woodland, garden

Laval Food Plant:

 Grasses including Cocks-foot
Overwinters: As a fully grown larva in an underground cocoon

Flight Period

2209 Flame Wainscot Senta flammea Wingspan 32-40mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident and immigrant, Nationally Scarce A. Local, restricted to a few fens in East Anglia
Habitat: Fens, marshes in East Anglia

Laval Food Plant:

 Common Reed
Overwinters: As a pupa in a hollow reed stem sealed with silk

Flight Period

2211 The Wormwood Cucullia absinthii (Linnaeus, 1761) Wingspan 32-40mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, Nationally Scarce B. A scattering of locations in England and Wales
Habitat: Cliffs, cuttings, quarries, slag heaps

Laval Food Plant:

 Flowers & seed heads of Wormwood or Mugwort
Overwinters: As a pupa in a cocoon among surface debris, sometimes underground

Flight Period

2214 Chamomile Shark Cucullia chamomillae Wingspan 40-42mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, local, quite frequent in S Britain, scarcer further north
Habitat: Open grassy places, arable field margins

Laval Food Plant:

 Chamomiles and Mayweed
Overwinters: Sometimes for more than one year as a pupa underground in a cocoon

Flight Period

2216 The Shark Cucullia umbratica Wingspan 42-52
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, local, quite frequent in S Britain, scarcer further north
Habitat: Rough ground, grassland, marshes, sand dunes, shingle beaches

Laval Food Plant:

 Flowers and leaves of Sow Thistles, Hawk's-beards and Hawkweeds
Overwinters: As a pupa in a cocoon underground

Flight Period

2217 Star-wort Cucullia asteris Wingspan 43-50mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, Nationally Scarce B, Occurs S & SE coasts, also local in Wales
Habitat: Coastal saltmarsh

Laval Food Plant:

 Sea Aster, Sea Wormwood
Overwinters: As a pupa in a cocoon underground

Flight Period

2219 Striped Lychmis Shargacucullia lychnitis Wingspan 42-44mm
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© Peter Clarke
Status: Resident, Nationally Scarce A, loca lto S coast
Habitat: Embankmemts, rough downland, woodland rides

Laval Food Plant:

 Dark Mullein, White Mullein
Overwinters: As a pupa often for 2 winters, sometimes longer in earthen cocoon just below ground

Flight Period

2221 The Mullein Shargacucullia verbasci Wingspan 45-50mm
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© Peter Tilley
Status: Resident, common, well distributed in England, more local in Wales
Habitat: Found in many habitats

Laval Food Plant:

 Mulleins, Figwort, Buddleias
Overwinters: As a pupa sometimes up to 5 years in a cocoon underground

Flight Period

2225 Minor Shoulder-knot Brachylomia viminalis Wingspan 29-34mm
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© Peter Clarke
Status: Resident, common throughout Britain
Habitat: Damp woodland, marshland, fens, heathland

Laval Food Plant:

 Willows, Aspen
Overwinters: As an egg. Pupates in leaf litter just below surface of the soil

Flight Period

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