LEPIDOPTERA | Noctuoidea

Noctuidae (Noctuids) > Metoponiinae

Checklist ref.                 73.048

Designation:                 'macro-moth'

Status:                          local throughout much of England and Wales

Typical habitat:             calcareous grassland, flowery meadows, woodland edge

Larval foodplant:           Common and Field Mouse-ear

Flight behaviour:           active during sunny weather

Flight season:                late April - early June

Note:                            listed as a recognised day-flying (DF) species; very small