LEPIDOPTERA | Noctuoidea

Noctuidae (Noctuids) > Xyleninae > Caradrinini

Checklist ref. 73.101

Designation: 'macro-moth'

Status: common across central and southern counties

Typical habitat: open woods, grassland, hedges, gardens

Larval foodplant:           various herbaceous plants including knapweeds, Greater Plantain and Dandelion

Flight behaviour: flies at night, but comes to light

Flight season: May - June

Note: photographed after release from garden moth-trap