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.
Blair's Shoulder-knot, Lithophane leautieri.
This moth is from the family of Noctuidae, subfamily Xyleninae.
It Is a medium-sized moth with a wingspan of 32 to 38mm.
A recent colonist, being first recorded in Britain in 1951 on the Isle of Wight and Its distribution has rapidly increased,
and it is now relatively common and abundant in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland
The moth flies from September to mid-November.
The moth habitats are mainly suburban parks, gardens and woodland where ornamental varieties of certain conifers abound.
It overwinters as an egg, laid on the foliage of its foodplant.
The larva appears from March to July.
It pupates underground.
The larval foodplant is the young leaves of varies Cypress species.
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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