website logo Lepidoptera Outer Hebrides

Family: Noctuidae   Checklist Number: 73.338

Lycophotia porphyrea   [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775

True Lover's Knot

Abundant and widespread on heather moorland from June to August. Heather (Calluna vulgaris) and bell heather (Erica cinerea) are the two main foodplants

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