Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland |
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Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland Paul Waring,Martin Townsend,Mark Tunmore No preview available - 2009 |
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antennae areas August Birch blackish blotch Britain British Isles Broadleaved woodland Carpet central cross-band central cross-line central spot Channel Islands characters & Similar coast coastal cocoon Comes to light Common Cumbria cycle Overwinters darker diagnostic distribution Resident Dorset Eupithecia Feeds at night female fens Field characters FW Flies from dusk Flight season flowers forewing gardens grassland grey ground-colour Guernsey Habitat Hawkmoth heathland hedgerows hindwing Inner Hebrides Ireland July June June-July Kent kidney-mark Larva Larva late Larval foodplants leading edge light-traps mainland Europe mainland Scotland mainly male markings Midlands moorland moth Nationally Scarce northern numbers occasionally Orkney outer edge oval pale Pedunculate Oak pupa Pupates Rare immigrant recorded reddish sallows Scotland September Shetland Similar species FW small numbers sometimes south-east England southern England Status & distribution streak sugar suspected immigrant Sussex usually Wales whitish Widespread and frequent wings yellow Yorkshire