73.158 BF2334 – Rustic Shoulder-knot – Noctuidae – Apamea sordens
Rustic Shoulder-knot – Noctuidae – Xyleninae – Apamea sordens – colour code •
STATUS – A resident that is generally common and widely distributed in Derbyshire. Present in all areas of the county, with main populations in the lowlands and on the Coal Measures.
ID POINTERS – The ground colour is mainly sandy-brown or greyish-brown and forewing rather plain, save for the obvious pale oval and kidney marks and a slightly branched basal streak, helping to make this moth easy to identify. The forewing can sometimes have a reddish tinge.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing May – July.
IMAGES – Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
Rustic Shoulder-knot.
