73.346 Noctua interjecta (Least Yellow Underwing)
fw: 14-17mm (Waring & Townsend), ws 31-36mm (MBGBI9); Jul-Aug; various herbaceous and woody plants; common in S.England and Wales, local in N.England. The British form is subspecies caliginosa
Noctua interjecta (Least Yellow Underwing) §1
ID: Forewing ground colour rich reddish-brown; markings fairly obscure; little variation; hindwing bright yellow with an irregular black subterminal fascia with the black extending subdorsally to the wing base; may or may not have a small black central crescent.
§1 Foulness, Essex; 10/07/2010; fw 14.8mm
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 27/07/2012; female; fw 16.5mm
§3 Seathwaite, Cumbria; 22/07/2016; male; fw 14.7mm
§4 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 26/08/2020; female; fw 15.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 27/07/2012; female; fw 16.5mm
§3 Seathwaite, Cumbria; 22/07/2016; male; fw 14.7mm
§4 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 26/08/2020; female; fw 15.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 15/03/2017 (§1-3) | §4 added 08/02/2021
