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Herminia tarsicrinalis(Knoch, 1782) / Shaded Fan-foot / Braungestreifte Spannereule / l'Herminie des ronces / Schaduwsnuituil.
Shaded Fan-foot Herminia tarsicrinalis
(Knoch, 1782)
Wingspan 28-32 mm.
A very retiring species, which occupies bramble (Rubus) thickets in deciduous woodland. It very rarely moves far from these bushes, and as a result of this was only discovered as a British breeding species in the early 1980's.
It has now been found in various parts of East Anglia, and the best means of recording it seems to be to place a light-trap deep into the bramble bushes.
It flies in June and July, and the larvae (at least on the continent) feed on withered leaves. |
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