Irish moths

Yellow-line Quaker, Agrochola macilenta

Family: Noctuidae       Sub-family: Acronictinae

2264     *     Yellow-line Quaker     *     Agrochola macilenta


Widespread, locally common
Wingspan: 32-36mm

Flight time: October-December
Habitat: Broadleaved woods, hedgerows, scrub, heathland

Larval food plants include Oak, Beech, Hawthorn, sallows and heather

Similar: The Brick and Red-line Quaker


Yellow-line Quaker, Agrochola macilenta



Immediately above: Yellow-line Quaker and Red-line Quaker
Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. October 2010

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