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Noctuidae : Hadeninae

Light Brocade

LACANOBIA (Lacanobia) w-latinum (Hufnagel, 1766)
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Description
Wingspan: 37-42mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe east to Turkmenistan & Turkey
UK Distribution: Southern England,East Anglia & Isle of Wight-Well distributed and widespread : Wales & Midlands-local : Northern England & Scotland-very local
UK Conservation Status -
  • Local = 101 - 300 10Km Squares
European Conservation Status -
  • Least Concern
Original Species Name -
  • Phalaena w-latinum (Hufnagel, 1766)
Type Species - Lacanobia
  • Phalaena w-latinum (Hufnagel, 1766)
Type Locality -
  • Germany-Berlin Region
Flight Season: South-mid April to August : Elsewhere-May to mid July
Habitat: Open ground on calcareous soil: Gardens: Heathland : Open Woodland : Rough Ground
Similar Species -
  • None
Larva: The moth larva is light brown with a buff lateral line running through the spiracles when viewed from the side and rearward facing chevrons in darker brown when viewed from the top.The larva stage is June to August when the larva feeds at night.
Pupa: Pupates in underground cocoon
Overwinters as: Pupa
Observations: Although it can be said the Light Brocade L. w-latinum  is similar in appearance to the Beautiful Brocade L. contigua is is very obvious the moth is unmistakable with its clear markings,especially the wide greyish band between the subterminal and postmedial cross-lines. All other markings including the kidney-shped reniform stigmata and the orbicular spot are sharp making this moth very easy to identify.
Colour variants are not usually found with this moth although some individuals are found tinged with pink.

The moth can sometimes be found on fences or tree trunks but by far the best way to see this moth is with the light trap where they are found regularly here in the south. It can also be seen feeding at sugar and flowers.
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Larval Food Plants
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Literary Ref:

Type Locality:
Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Noctuoidea
Noctuidae
Hadeninae
Hadenini
LACANOBIA Billberg 1820
Lacanobia Billberg 1820
Lacanobia (Lacanobia) w-latinum (Hufnagel, 1766) 
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Phalaena w-latinum (Hufnagel, 1766)
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PHALAENA w-latinum (Hufnagel, 1766) 
= Phalaena (Noctua) genistae Borkhausen, 1792
= Phalaena dives Donovan, 1801
= rectilinea Haworth, 1809
= mista Staudinger, 1889
= Mamestra genistae diniensis Heinrich, 1938
= Polia w-latinum divitis Bryk, 1942
= Mamestra genistae caerulescens Schwingenschuss, 1962
= Lacanobia (Lacanobia) w-latinum
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Berlin. Magazin 3 (4) : Title Page : p.492 -  n.39
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Germany-Berlin Region