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- Generally Common / Widespread
- care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely - quality photographs required. Confusion Species: Hedya nubiferana
ID pointers: Another bird dropping mimic. The basal two thirds of the forewing is dark brown or blackish and silvery-blueish grey, sparsely speckled whitish. The remaining third of forewing is a creamy white mottled with silvery grey and greyish-brown, with two brownish or blackish dots in the mid-wing and a brownish or blackish quarter circle mark at the apex.
Distribution: The species appears to widespread and locally common across the VC57 and Derbyshire. The predominant food-plant is Blackthorn, so should be common in areas of the county wherever this shrub occurs.
Blue-coded ] moths are not stored on the website at this current time. IMAGES BELOW: Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Will Soar©
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