Description
Fore-wing length15 – 18mm. Mostly pale brown with a darker line across the fore-wing centres.
Habitat
The larval food-plant is bracken, so moths may occur anywhere that bracken is available.
Status and Distribution
Widespread and common throughout most of Britain. Common in Nottinghamshire but not at Netherfield because of a lack of bracken.
Best Time to See
May to June.
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