| Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa (Linnaeus, 1758)) |
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Scientific name: Phlogophora meticulosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Common name: Angle Shades French name: Méticuleuse, Craintive. Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Heterocera Family: Noctuidae Subfamily: Hadeninae Wingspan: 45-50 mm. Biotope: Any open place with trees, gardens, woodlands, unimproved fields, and even in urban areas. Geographic area: Europe. Flight time: May to June then August to November. Number of generations : 2. The second generation is more important than the first one. Caterpillar: There is a green form and a brownish red form. Each segment shows two pale lateral stripes and dorsal pointed towards V-shaped marks. Host plant: Great variety of low growing plants and shrubs. |
The ground colour of the fore wings may vary from olive green to pinkish and to russet brown. The median area shows a dark mark looking like overlapping triangles. The outer margin is scalloped. The hind wings are pale pinkish brown. When landed, the Angle Shades rests with the wings folded longitudinally, then looking like a withered leaf. The Angle Shades is active during the night. Every year some moths migrate northwards. The Angles Shades over winters as a caterpillar. |
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Maybe Angles shades are attracted to light. I have observed this one on the kitchen's window ledge. |
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Though the lateral stripes and the dorsal marks are not visible here, I think that this is the green form of the Angle Shades caterpillar at its last development stage. |
André Bon December 2012