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.

Light Brocade - Lacanobia w-latinum

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Light Brocade - Lacanobia w-latinum A macro moth species from the family of Noctuidae, sub family Hadeninae. The moth has a wingspan of 37 to 42 mm. Its favoured habitats show a preference for calcareous soils, where it occupies rough ground and heathland. The moth can be found on the wing in May and June, sometimes into July. And has a single generation. The species' life history is a few plants are used by the larvae as foodplants, including Broom and Dyer's Greenweed. Locally distributed, mainly in the southern half of Britain. and is classified as local.

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