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Family: Noctuidae   Checklist Number: 73.162

Apamea monoglypha  (Hufnagel, 1766)

Dark Arches

This is Scotland’s most abundant and widespread Noctuids and can appear in light-traps in their hundreds. The main flight period is from June to August over a large range of habitats. The larvae feed on a range of grasses.

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.

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