73.263 BF2157 - Light Brocade - Noctuidae - Lacanobia w-latinum

73.263 BF2157 - Noctuidae - Hadeninae - Lacanobia w-latinum - Light Brocade

- Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant

Taxonomy: Macro >> Noctuidae

ID Difficulty: green

- easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.

ID pointers: A very diagnostic and unmistakable species.

Distribution: (First record: 25/05/2019 at Sandiacre ) - (Last record: 24/05/2023 at Belper ) - Current status unsure, as no previous records published prior to 2018. The latest specimen was trapped in a Belper garden on 24th May 2023. It appears the first county record may well have been one trapped in Sandiacre on 25th May 2019. A further one trapped at Breaston on 6th June 2021. Classed as reasonably common south of the Midlands, but rare elsewhere. I would suggest this is a rare species in Derbyshire.

Flight Period: May / June / July / - On the wing May – July

Moth Activity: Nocturnal

Wingspan: 37-42mm
Forewing: 18-21mm

Food Plant: Broom (Cytisus scoparius), Dyer’s Greenweed (Genista tinctoria).

Last Recorded Date: 24/05/2023

Last Recorded By: Dave Evans

Last Recorded General Area: Belper

First Recorded Date: 25/05/2019