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Green-brindled Crescent
Allophyes oxyacanthae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Noctuidae: Psaphidinae
2245 / 73.068

Similar Suffolk Species: None
Forewing: 17-20mm.
Flight: One generation Sept-Nov.
Foodplant:   Hawthorns, Blackthorn, Dog-rose, Crab Apple.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

Morley's Final Catalogue: Levelly distributed and common throughout the county at sugar, ivy and at light in autumn.

Recent Suffolk Status: Common.

Life history: Single-brooded. Still recorded commonly in numbers at light, sugar and Ivy blossom. F. capucina is recorded from the county in small numbers.
Larvae are regularly found in Suffolk in late spring, mainly on Hawthorn and Blackthorn.

Identification: Unmistakeable.

Habitat: Woodland, hedgerows, scrub and gardens.

Recorded in 50 (86%) of 58 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1940.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
18/11/2023125TM24 - Woodbridge/Martlesham
12/11/2023125TM24 - Woodbridge/Martlesham
03/11/2023126TL97 - Hopton/Ixworth
01/11/2023125TM34 - Hollesley/Rendlesham Forest
31/10/2023125TM25 - Wickham Market/Otley
Further info: Allophyes oxyacanthae
 
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