Slender Brindle - Apamea scolopacina
Wingspan 32 to 36 mm. A rather attractive species which does not tend to vary as much as its congeners.
Woodland and well wooded habitats.
Flies in July and August.
The larval foodplants are a range of woodland grasses, including Wood Millet and Wood-rushes.
Locally distributed in the southern half of Britain, but absent further north. In a recent survey to determine the status of all macro moths in Britain this species was classified as local.
Fairly frequent but not common in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = B (scarce resident or restricted distribution or regular migrant).
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
17 July 2014
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
17 July 2014
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Species profile
- Common names
- Slender Brindle
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Noctuidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 16
- First record:
- 01/01/1998 (Adrian Russell)
- Last record:
- 15/07/2022 (Sexton, Timothy)
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