73.267 BF2160 – Bright-line Brown-eye – Noctuidae – Lacanobia oleracea
Bright-line Brown-eye – Noctuidae – Hadeninae – Lacanobia oleracea – colour code •
STATUS – A resident that is common and widely distributed in Derbyshire. Generally common in all areas but highest numbers occur in the lowlands of the south and east.
ID POINTERS – Ground colour is a warm dark coppery brown, with a powder dusting of white, and a prominent orange kidney mark (the Brown Eye) outlined in white along with the oval mark. A white cross-line (the Bright-line) towards the outer edge has a “W” mark in the middle and white lines extending from it towards the outer edge of the wing.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing May – August
IMAGES – Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
Bright-line Brown-eye