NOCTUIDAE (HADENINAE)

Brocades, Quakers and leaf-eating Wainscots

Pine Beauty Panolis flammea, f. grisea (Tutt).
26th March 2012

Clouded Drab Orthosia incerta.
24th March 2012

Clouded Drab Orthosia incerta.
23rd March 2012

Clouded Drab Orthosia incerta.
23rd March 2011

Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi.
21st March 2012

Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi.
22nd April 2011

Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi.
12th March 2012

Small Quaker Orthosia cruda.
12th March 2012

Small Quaker Orthosia cruda.
23rd March 2012

Small Quaker Orthosia cruda.
Weakly marked and faded individual, but the (just visible) kidney mark is diagnostic. 14th April 2022

Powdered Quaker Orthosia gracilis.
30th April 2012

Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica, typical for my area.
21st March 2012

Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica.
23rd March 2011

Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica, slightly atypical variant.
21st March 2011

Twin-spotted Quaker Orthosia munda.
21st March 2012

Twin-spotted Quaker Orthosia munda.
23rd March 2022

Twin-spotted Quaker Orthosia munda.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 27th March 2019

Feathered Gothic Tholera decimalis, Male
St. Marcel du Périgord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 15th September 2011

Feathered Gothic Tholera decimalis, Male.
21st August 2020

Feathered Gothic Tholera decimalis, Female.
21st August 2013

Feathered Gothic Tholera decimalis, Female.
Three Oaks, East Sussex. 12th September 2022

Antler Moth Cerapteryx graminis.
Female. 21st July 2011

Antler Moth Cerapteryx graminis.
Female. 26th July 2011

Antler Moth Cerapteryx graminis.
Female. 13th August 2011

Nutmeg Anarta trifolii.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 7th August 2017

Grey Arches Polia nebulosa.
Hanford, Dorset. 19th June 2017

Light Brocade Lacanobia w-latinum.
Piddinghoe, East Sussex. 1st June 2013

Light Brocade Lacanobia w-latinum.
Piddinghoe, East Sussex. 5th June 2013

Pale-shouldered Brocade Lacanobia thalassina.
Skiwith, Cumbria. 9th June 2011

Pale-shouldered Brocade Lacanobia thalassina.
14th June 2014

Pale-shouldered Brocade Lacanobia thalassina.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 23rd April 2019

Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia oleracea.
24th May 2010

Splendid Brocade Lacanobia splendens.
Brion, Loire, France. 3rd July 2014

Dot Moth Melanchra persicariae.
27th June 2011

Dot Moth Melanchra persicariae.
27th June 2012

Dot Moth Melanchra persicariae.
9th July 2012

Broom Moth Melanchra pisi.
8th May 2011

Broom Moth Melanchra pisi.
Skiwith, Cumbria. 8th June 2011

Glaucous Shears Papestra biren.
Lyme Park, Cheshire. 23rd April 2019

Glaucous Shears Papestra biren.
First for my garden. 11th May 2025

Shears Hada plebeja, pale form.
Bromlow, Shropshire. 28th May 2011

Shears Hada plebeja, dark form.
Bromlow, Shropshire. 27th May 2011

Shears Hada plebeja.
6th June 2016

Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae.
7th August 2011

Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae.
9th July 2012

Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae.
14th August 2012

Broad-barred White Hecatera bicolorata.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 26th June 2019

Broad-barred White Hecatera bicolorata.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 15th July 2021

The Lychnis Hadena bicruris.
Piddinghoe, East Sussex. 3rd June 2013

The Lychnis Hadena bicruris.
23rd June 2020

Varied Coronet Hadena compta.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 23rd June 2024

Tawny Shears Hadena perplexa perplexa.
Brion, Loire, France. 3rd July 2014

Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens.
21st June 2010

Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens.
Reddish form. Chichester, W. Sussex. 25th August 2018

Smoky Wainscot Mythimna impura.
21st July 2011

The Delicate Mythimna vitellina.
St. Marcel du Périgord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 15th September 2011

The Delicate Mythimna vitellina.
Hanford, Dorset. 17th June 2024

White-point Mythimna albipuncta.
St. Marcel du Périgord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 16th September 2011

White-point Mythimna albipuncta.
Piddinghoe (near Newhaven), Sussex. 13th September 2012

White-point Mythimna albipuncta.
Chichester, W. Sussex. 31st October 2018

Clay Mythimna ferrago.
1st July 2021

Clay Mythimna ferrago.
Membuery, Devon. 15th July 2013

L-album Wainscot Mythimna l-album.
St. Marcel du Périgord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 13th September 2011

L-album Wainscot Mythimna l-album.
St. Marcel du Périgord (near Bergerac), Dordogne, France. 15th September 2011

Obscure Wainscot Leuciana obsoleta.
Hanford, Dorset. 19th June 2017

Shoulder-striped Wainscot Mythimna comma.
11th June 2025

Shoulder-striped Wainscot Mythimna comma.
Ridge (near Chilmark), Wiltshire. 26th June 2013