Lepidoptera Outer Hebrides

Family: Noctuidae   Checklist Number: 73.244

Orthosia cerasi   Fabricius, 1775

Common Quaker

Variable in colour but characterised by the round, large markings with a pale outline on the forewing.
A single generation, adults observed during April and May.
A rare moth in the Outer Hebrides, only recorded from one location in Lewis and one in South Uist.

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