Turnip Moth - Agrotis segetum.

Turnip Moth - Agrotis segetum. A macro moth species from the family of Noctuidae subfamily Noctuinae. Although showing many colour forms, this moth usually shows a neat, pale fringe with a narrow inner dark line on the forewing and has very white hindwings. The moth has a forewing 16-21mm. The species is double-brooded, flying in May and June, and again in August and September/October. The moth's habitat favours gardens, farmland, parkland, oak woodland, and sand dunes. The larvae live underground and feed on the roots of root vegetables, herbaceous plants, and other cultivated crops. Their destructive habit of biting off the shoots of small seedlings gave rise to the name 'cutworms'. The moth is widespread and classified nationally as a Common species of the UK.

Tags: Turnip Moth - Agrotis segetum.