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2173 Lychnis - Hadena bicruris.

Trapped - Kings Newton, Derbyshire - July 2003.
A fairly common species and widely distributed throughout Derbyshire. Found in larger numbers, than elsewhere in the county, at the two limestone regions and in the lowland areas of the south and east. On the wing late May- late July.

Food plant - The ripening seeds of White and Red Campion and Sweet William.