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A Selection of Noctuidae Moths 73.192 - 73.206

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(Hufnagel 1766) (Hufnagel 1766) (Hufnagel 1766) (Hufnagel 1766) (Hufnagel 1766)
Noctuidae - Xyleninae Noctuidae - Xyleninae Noctuidae - Xyleninae Noctuidae - Xyleninae Noctuidae - Xyleninae
The Brick The Brick The Brick The Brick The Brick
Agrochola circellaris Agrochola circellaris Agrochola circellaris Agrochola circellaris Agrochola circellaris
73.192  BF 2262 73.192  BF 2262 73.192  BF 2262 73.192  BF 2262 73.192  BF 2262
(Haworth 1809) (Haworth 1809)   (Hufnagel 1766)  
Noctuidae - Xyleninae Noctuidae - Xyleninae   Noctuidae - Xyleninae  
Lunar Underwing Lunar Underwing   The Brick  
Omphaloscelis lunosa Omphaloscelis lunosa   Agrochola circellaris  
73.193  BF 2270 73.193  BF 2270   73.192  BF 2262  

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 32mm to 38mm.

Flight Period: August to October.

Habitat: Commons, downs, grass verges, and rough grassy meadows.

Comment: Common and wide spread in southern England, the Midlands, Wales and Ireland. It is wide spread but local in northern England and Scotland as far north as Ross-shire.

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Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 34mm to 44mm.

Flight Period: August to October

Habitat:  Woodland, parks, hedgerows, often found feeding at Ivy Blossom ripe, blackberries, comes to light.

Comment: Common and wide spread throughout England, Wales and Ireland. In Scotland it is wide spread but local, and is recorded in Orkney.

Noctuidae Family

Species 73.210 to 73.233

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(Linnaeus 1761) (Linnaeus 1761) (Linnaeus 1761) (Linnaeus 1761) (Linnaeus 1761)
Noctuidae - Xyleninae Noctuidae - Xyleninae Noctuidae - Xyleninae Noctuidae - Xyleninae Noctuidae - Xyleninae
The Chestnut The Chestnut The Chestnut The Chestnut The Chestnut
Conistra vaccinii Conistra vaccinii Conistra vaccinii Conistra vaccinii Conistra vaccinii
73.194  BF 2258 73.194  BF 2258 73.194  BF 2258 73.194  BF 2258 73.194  BF 2258
(Esper 1791) (Esper 1791)     (Linnaeus 1761)
Noctuidae - Xyleninae Noctuidae - Xyleninae     Noctuidae - Xyleninae
Dark Chestnut Dark Chestnut     The Chestnut
Conistra ligula Conistra ligula     Conistra vaccinii
73.195  BF 2259 73.195  BF 2259     73.194  BF 2258

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 30mm to 39mm.

Flight Period: September and October, again in May after hibernation.

Habitat: Woods, often feeds at Sallow and Ivy Blossom and, comes to light.

Comment: Common all over England, Wales, and southern Scotland. In Ireland it is scarce with the except in County Armagh and Londonderry. 

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Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 28mm to 36mm.

Flight Period: September and October, again in May after hibernation.

Habitat: Woodland, and is commonly found feeding at Sallow and Ivy Blossom and comes to light.

Comment: Common to abundant through out England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and the Inner Hebrides.

(Boursin 1957) (Boursin 1957) (Boursin 1957) (Boursin 1957)  
Noctuidae - Xyleninae Noctuidae - Xyleninae Noctuidae - Xyleninae Noctuidae - Xyleninae  
Blair's Shoulder-knot Blair's Shoulder-knot Blair's Shoulder-knot Blair's Shoulder-knot  
Lithophane leutieri Lithophane leutieri Lithophane leutieri Lithophane leutieri  
73.206  BF 2240 73.206  BF 2240 73.206  BF 2240 73.206  BF 2240  

Status: Resident in UK.

Wing Span: 39mm to 4mm.

Flight Period: September to November.

Habitat: Gardens, parks, tree nurseries and places where the food plants grow.

Comment: First recorded in the Isle of Wight in 1951, this moth has become wide spread, throughout most of England and Wales. Also been reported from parts of Scotland and Ireland.

 
         
                 

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