Family: Noctuidae Checklist Number: 73.182
Cirrhia icteritia Hufnagel, 1766
Sallow
Infrequently recorded across the archipelago. The flight period is September to October in broadleaved woodland, over heathland and in established gardens. The larvae feed initially on catkins of willows (Salix spp.) and poplars (Populus spp.), moving later to herbaceous plants.
References:
Leverton, R. & Cubitt, M. (2024). The Larger Moths of Scotland.
Waring, P. & Townsend, M. (2018 third edition). Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland.