Moths of Suffolk
Contents
Filtered - 1792 species
Suffolk only
|
National Status :
Common
Local Status : Resident (SMP Status 1) Distribution and abundance : Widespread and common in the heathland areas where conifers exist Habitats : Conifer plantations and forests, heathland, gardens and other areas where conifers grow Flight Period : Single-brooded; March to early June, occasional early records in February Larval foodplants : Pine needles of Scots Pine, Corsican Pine and Lodgepole Pine, also larches Final Catalogue : Extremely local, probably becoming extinct. Kesgrave and Flixton before 1890. A few beaten from yew in April 1894-5, in Bentley pine-wood, where Hocking took larvae in the latter year (Mly). Few later records; and, though it used to occur about Brandon, Mildenhall and Tuddenham (sec. Bloomfield), the Breck seems to harbour it no longer. Singly at Brightwell Woods in April 1904 and later at Waldringfield (Wlr); still plentiful in late April at Belton and Fritton, where larvae are common on the Warren in June (Wiltshire). Wingspan details : Forewing 15-16mm, Wingspan 32-40mm Identification
|
Eye (30.iii.2001) © Paul Kitchener
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Further Photographs
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
