ABH 73.182	The Sallow Cirrhia icteritia		BF 2274
Back To	(Hufnagel, 1766)
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Family	Noctuidae » Xyleninae
Wingspan	27-35 mm..
Description	Like many of its congeners, it flies in the autumn, in September and October and is a frequent visitor to both sugar and light.A common species in most of Britain, occupying damp woodland, heathland and marshy places. It is quite variable, with the relatively frequent ab. flavescens having the darker markings almost absent. the wing-shape (costa straight and termen convex at apex) is diagnostic. several not infrequent almost plain forms can be confusing
Life Cycle	Again, like similar species, the larvae feed at first on sallow (Salix) catkins, and then later on herbaceous plantsLarva feeds within catkins of Black and White Poplar, and Sallow, over-wintering as an egg..
Habitat	Common on moorland, heathland and woodland, generally on high ground, in south-western and northern England, Wales and Scotland. It inhabits peat moorland and grassland, and the larvae feed on bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus).
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