Dog's Tooth (Lacanobia suasa) - iMoths


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Dog's Tooth
Lacanobia suasa ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Noctuidae : Hadeninae

73.266/2159

Photo © Dave Appleton, 27/06/2015 - Brancaster (Gypsy Lane)

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Bright-line Brown-eye
Lacanobia oleracea

Forewing:	15-20mm.
Season:	Two generations May-July. July-Sept.
Foodplant:	Herbaceous plants.
Nat Status:	Local
Verification Grade: Adult: 1

Norfolk Status
Local, well recorded at coastal areas.
Diagnostic dark "tooth" mark in centre of forewing.
Salt marshes, coastal grassland, also found inland.

Recorded in 48 (70%) of 69 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1873.
Last Recorded in 2019.

Latest 5 Records
Date	#	VC	10k Area
06/06/2019	1	28	TF50 - Upwell/Marshland
06/06/2019	1	28	TF84 - Burnham/Holkham
03/06/2019	1	28	TF63 - Snettisham/Dersingham
01/06/2019	1	28	TF62 - King's Lynn/Dersingham
30/05/2019	1	28	TF63 - Snettisham/Dersingham

Further info: Lacanobia suasa

	UK Moths		Mothdissection UK
	Suffolk Moths		Hants Moths
	Lepiforum.de		Norfolk Moths (Full)

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