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.
Double Lobed - Lateroligia ophiogramma.
The moth is from the family of Noctuidae – subfamily ---- Xyleninae.
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It Is a medium-sized macro moth, with a wingspan of 30 to 35 mm.
As one generation and its flight season are June to August.
The moth habitats are mainly Inhabits fens, damp woodland and other marshy places.
The species overwinters as a larva inside the stem of the food plant.
The larva appears from August to early June,
It then pupates in a cocoon on the ground or in leaf litter.
The larva foodplants are mainly grasses.
The moth is classified nationally as a common species of the UK.
Click on the species of moth below for further information
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