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

Iā€™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.

Brindled Green-Dryobotodes eremita

Brindled Green, Dryobotodes eremita.

The moth is from the family of Noctuidae, subfamily Name Xyleninae.

It Is a Medium-Sized macro moth,

with a wingspan of 19 to 22 mm.

The moth's flight period is from August to mid-October.

The moth's habitat is mainly broadleaved woodland, parkland, and some gardens, including suburban areas.

The moth feeds on the expanding buds and leaves of Pendunculate and properly Sessile oak.

The species life Cycle overwinters as an egg laid in small batches on Oak twigs.

The larva appears from April to June,

Feeding at first inside the bud of the foodplant only at night,

It hides in the daytime in a terminal shoot.

The moth pupates underground in a cocoon.

Status & Distribution of the moth is common repla

The moths regarded as a common species in England and Wales but more locally in Scotland and Ireland.

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