73.274 Mamestra brassicae (Cabbage Moth)
fw: 14-22mm (Waring & Townsend), ws: 34-50mm (MBGBI9); (Jan-)May-Oct(-Dec) probably trivoltine in south, univoltine Jun-Jul in north; almost any herbaceous plant, but best known as a pest of cultivated Brassicaceae; common throughout lowland GB.
Mamestra brassicae (Cabbage Moth) §3 female
ID: Forewing ground colour usually dark brownish grey; subbasal, antemedian and postmedian lines usually discernible but indistinct; subterminal line usually distinct and white in the south, but absent or vestigial in the north, when present it shows a 'W' in its dorsal half, the points not reaching the termen; kidney mark outlined in white, often incompletely; foretibia with a curved apical spur (absent in all similar species).
§1 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 30/05/2008; fw 19.7mm
§2 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 11/08/2009; female; fw 21.2mm
§3 Winterton, Norfolk; 09/07/2015; female; fw 20.2mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 03/08/2018; male; fw 19.2mm
§5 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 21/05/2018; female; fw 18.8mm
§6 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 23/04/2019
§7 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 27/09/2020; female; fw 19.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 11/08/2009; female; fw 21.2mm
§3 Winterton, Norfolk; 09/07/2015; female; fw 20.2mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 03/08/2018; male; fw 19.2mm
§5 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 21/05/2018; female; fw 18.8mm
§6 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 23/04/2019
§7 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 27/09/2020; female; fw 19.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 23/10/2016 (§1-3) | §4 added 18/02/2019 | §5 added 07/03/2019 | §6 added 06/01/2020 | §7 added 17/11/2020
