Status
Morley’s Final Catalogue: Not listed.
Recent Status: A common species in Suffolk. The comments by Morley for A. ferrugana cover both species.
Life Style: Double brooded the autumn brood hibernating. Flies at night and comes to light. The larvae feed from spun leaves on Betula and Alnus.
Identification: The species is very variable in colour and markings and a little more so than the similar A. ferrugana from which it is only reliably separated by genitalia dissection.
https://mothdissection.co.uk/species.php?ABH=49.0840
It should be noted that the images in Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland are wrongly labelled in reverse for A. ferrugana and A. notana.  | Determination by Genitalia Examination Required | |
Recorded in 24 (41%) of 58 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1987.
Last Recorded in 2024.
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