73.267 BF2160 - Bright-line Brown-eye - Noctuidae - Lacanobia oleracea

73.267 BF2160 - Noctuidae - Hadeninae - Lacanobia oleracea - Bright-line Brown-eye

Adult Macro: CAT 1 - Distinctive species unlikely to be confused with others -

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- Generally Common / Widespread

Taxonomy: Macro >> Noctuidae

ID Difficulty: green

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

ID pointers: Ground colour is a warm dark coppery brown, with a powder dusting of white, and a prominent orange kidney mark (the Brown Eye) outlined in white along with the oval mark. A white cross-line (the Bright-line) towards the outer edge has a “W” mark in the middle and white lines extending from it towards the outer edge of the wing.

Distribution: A resident that is common and widely distributed in Derbyshire. Generally common in all areas but highest numbers occur in the lowlands of the south and east.

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