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.
Cloaked Minor - Mesoligia furuncula
The moth is from the family of Noctuidae, subfamily Xyleninae.
It Is one of the smaller macro moths, with a wingspan of 22 to 28 mm.
The moth as one generation and its flight season is from late July to early September.
The moth's habitat is mainly, fens, grassland, open woodland, scrub, heathland and gardens.
The male species fly low over the ground, especially at sunset.
It overwinters as a larva,
The Larva appears from August to early June,
The Larva feeds inside stems, grasses.
Then eats out a chamber at the base of the foodplant, In which it pupates.
The species is classed as a common species throughout the UK.
Click on the species of moth below for further information
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