73.156 BF2326 – Clouded-bordered Brindle – Noctuidae – Apamea crenata
Clouded-bordered Brindle – Noctuidae – Xyleninae– Apamea crenata – colour code •
STATUS – A resident that is fairly common and widely distributed, present in all areas of the county, especially on the Coal Measures of central Derbyshire.
ID POINTERS – There are two colour forms found in Derbyshire – the normal straw colour – crenata and a reddish-brown to darkish brown form combusta. In both forms they show two dark terminal wedges, including a prominent and elongated tornal streak. In the straw form the oval & kidney marks are dark edged and pale edged in the reddish form.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing May – July.
IMAGES – Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
Clouded-bordered Brindle – form crenata
Clouded-bordered Brindle – form combusta
