Irish moths

Beautiful Snout, Hypena crassalis

Family: Noctuidae       Sub-family: Hypeninae

2476     *     Beautiful Snout     *     Hypena crassalis


Scarce
Wingspan: 25-30mm

Flight time: May-August
Habitat: Open woodland, moors and heathland

Larval food plant: Bilberry



Beautiful Snout, Hypena crassalis


Beautiful Snout, Hypena crassalis

Beautiful Snout, Hypena crassalis
Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. May 2011

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