Hello, from Steve Garten and welcome to my weird and wonderful world of moths.

I’m amateur Lepidopterist, I trap and record moth species on my six acre wildlife meadow at Tibenham Norfolk, UK.

The list of moths listed in this Macro-moths blog and the Micro Moths blog are the species I have recorded since 2015.

Dot Moth-Melanchra persicariae

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Dot Moth----Melanchra persicariae. The moth is from the family of Noctuidae – subfamily ---- Hadeninae. . It Is a medium-sized macro moth, with a wingspan of 37 to 40 mm. The moth as one generation and its flight season are from June to August. The moth habitats are mainly a range of suburban habitats, including gardens, waste ground and roadside verges. It overwinters as a pupa in an underground cocoon. The larva appears from August to October, feeds by day and night rests on the food plant The larva feeds on a wide range of garden and wild plants. The moth is common and widespread in England and Wales, but is almost unknown in Scotland, except the very south, where it occurs scarcely. It is local in Ireland.

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