Moths of Suffolk
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National Status :
Migrant
Local Status : Migrant (SMP Status 1) Distribution and abundance : Widespread and common Habitats : May be found in any habitat Flight Period : Double-brooded; May and June to September, with occasional third brood. Local data shows most records from late May to October Larval foodplants : Brassica spp. or Cruciferae Morley's Final Catalogue : Never seen in Bentley Woods. Uncommon in Ipswich, on palings in June and at light in September; Felixstow, Foxhall, Winston; in Monks Soham museum and at light in 1931; abundant at Southwold in 1891 (EMM. xxvii, 221) and common in July 1901, sitting in the salterns there under Atriplex port. on 16 July 1912 and beside Benacre Broad at roots of Glaucium flavum in sand on 19 September 1920; Blythburgh Wood, Ashby; on Fritton sugar, and Gorleston palings. Sitting on pine-trunks at Mildenhall; Kennet. 'The most ubiquitous Microlepidopteron; found everywhere, and the most regular migrant' (Whit). Wingspan details : Wingspan 12-17mm Identification
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Eye, Suffolk (21.v.2007) © Paul Kitchener
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