ABH 3.001	Orange Swift Triodia sylvina		BF 0015
Back To	(Linnaeus, 1761)
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Family	Hepialidae
Wingspan	32 - 48 mm. Forewing 12 and 18mm (Male) and 15 and 26mm (Female)
Description	Dimorphic, males being smaller and more brightly coloured than the females. Both male and female Orange Swift moths are generally larger than the equivalent Common Swift moths.Flying later in the year than the other swifts, from July to September, Male brighter than female, but both distinguished from their congeners by the open dark-edged V-shaped diagonal lines on forewing, and the generally much later flight-time.
Life Cycle	Larva feeds within roots of docks, dandelions and other thick-rooted herbaceous plants, and Bracken, over-wintering twice.
Habitat	this species inhabits waste ground, moorland and other wild places. Common, in gardens, woodland and rough grassland, and on roadside verges, downland and moorland,
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