73.147 BF2345 – Small Dotted Buff – Noctuidae – Photedes minima
Small Dotted Buff – Noctuidae – Xyleninae– Photedes minima – colour code •
STATUS – A resident that is locally common and widely distributed in Derbyshire. Present in all areas of the county but more numerous in the north particularly on the Grit-stone Uplands and Coal Measures. Not so common as it once was in the south.
ID POINTERS – A small moth that has yellowish-straw or whitish-straw forewings that are sometimes tinged pinkish. A scattering of tiny dark spots across the upper wing surface. A triangular brown mark towards the wing tip. The female is smaller with narrower forewing.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing June – August.
IMAGES – Melbourne, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
