Family: Noctuidae       Sub-family: Hadeninae 2156     *     Beautiful Brocade     *     Lacanobia contigua Scarce Wingspan: 36-42mm Flight time: May-July Habitat: Woodland on acid or neutral soils, heaths and moorland Larval food plants include Birch, Oak, Broom, Bog-myrtle and Bracken Similar: Pale-Shouldered Brocade. Diagonal white band is absent

Beautiful Brocade, Lacanobia contigua
Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. July 2010 and May 2011