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| Species of the Month - March 2015 Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica
This
moth is attracted to light and can be found on the outside of lit
windows, so it's worth going out and having a look before bedtime, or
even the next morning when they may be sitting motionless on or near the
window-frame. This species is active on cold nights when few other
moths are about.
This
one is a male as it has feathered antennae. Other than that the
sexes look identical. The forewing length is about 15-17 mm (Waring
and Townsend 2009). The larvae feed on a wide variety of trees,
shrubs and herbaceous plants and so the moth can occur in almost any kind
of habitat. The larvae must be very numerous but they hide in the
daytime, feeding only at night, and I've yet to see one.
This photo is from a moth trap set by county moth recorder Andrew Masterman in Glen Nant in 2012. The moth on the left is an unusual form of Hebrew Character in which the "letter" mark is a similar brown to the rest of the moth, instead of a sharply contrasting black. On the right is the normal form.
Please send in your Hebrew
Character sightings
using the form below, or email sightings@lnhg.org.uk
with the details if you prefer. If you are not sure of the
identity of your moth, please send a photo to sightings@lnhg.org.uk,
or put one on the
LNHG Facebook page. *Moths caught in moth traps are dated to the evening the trap was set. I normally do the same for moths found in the morning at rest on or near windows which had been lit for all or part of the night. By filling in this form you agree that the information contained in this form may be collated and disseminated manually or electronically for environmental decision-making, education, research and other public benefit uses in accordance with the LNHG data access policy. Your email address will not form part of the record and will not be passed on to anyone.
Carl Farmer
17 Mar: Clive Craik had one in his moth trap at Barcaldine. 20 Mar: I had one to house lights, Taynuilt 24 Mar: Pat Blunsden had 2 in her moth trap on Seil. 26 Mar: I had one to house lights, Taynuilt 30 Mar: Jessie Wormell had one in trap at Benderloch
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