73.070 BF2399 – Bordered Sallow – Noctuidae – Pyrrhia umbra

Bordered Sallow – Noctuidae – Heliothinae – Pyrrhia umbra – colour code •

STATUS – A resident that is scarce and locally distributed in Derbyshire. Restricted to a few areas where the food plant Rest Harrow grows

ID POINTERS – Unmistakeable. The ground colour is orange or orange-yellow from wing base to a distinct sharply diagonal and slightly wavy cross-line. Beyond this it is pinkish-brown. A fairly thickset noctuid.

FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing July – August

IMAGES – image by Simon Roddis©

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