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Ochropleura plecta

LEPIDOPTERA | Noctuoidea

Noctuidae (Noctuids) > Noctuinae > Noctuini


Checklist ref. 73.329

Designation: 'macro-moth'

Status: common and widely distributed

Typical habitat: almost anywhere including gardens

Larval foodplant:           various herbaceous plants

Flight behaviour: flies at night, but comes easily to light

Flight season: April - September


Note: photographed after release from garden moth-trap

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Three Legged Cross (garden), East Dorset | May 21

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