2245 Green-brindled Crescent - Allophyes oxyacanthe.

Trapped -Whitwell Woods NE Derbyshire - 27th September 2003 (left)
Melbourne, Derbyshire - October 2003 (right)
A widely distributed and locally common species in Derbyshire. Can be fairly common in well wooded locations throughout the county. A melanic form, capucina, is usually found on the coal measures. These well marked individuals are of the paler form.
On the wing from September - November.

Food plant - Hawthorns, Blackthorn, Dog Rose, Cotoneaster, Rowan, Plum and Crab Apple.