73.272 BF2162 - Glaucous Shears - Noctuidae - Papestra biren

73.272 BF2162 - Noctuidae - Hadeninae - Papestra biren - Glaucous Shears

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: A rather pointed and narrow-winged moth, with a marbled ash-grey forewing with large creamy-white and rounded kidney marks. Despite the name, it does not show the characteristic scissor-like marks of Shears

Distribution: A resident that is confined to the gritstone moorland of North Derbyshire, where it is common and widely distributed.

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

Moth Activity: Nocturnal - and is attracted to light

*** Last updated on 11 March 2025 by RP ***

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Wingspan: 32-40mm
Forewing: 15-18mm

Food Plant: Heather (Calluna), Bog-myrtle (Myrica gale)

Recorded dates for Common [Blue-coded ] moths are not stored on the website at this current time.

Glaucous Shears – Christian Heintzen

Glaucous Shears – Steve Orridge

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