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'The Flame' (''Axylia putris'') is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Europe.
This species has creamy-buff forewings (sometimes tinged with red) with black streaking along the costa. The hindwings are whitish with a dark line along the margin. The wingspan is 30-36 mm. Unusually for a noctuid, this moth rests with its wings wrapped tightly around its body making it resemble a broken twig. It flies at night in June and July (sometimes a second brood is produced which flies in September) and is attracted to light.
The larva is grey or brown with black markings and a hump at the rear end. It feeds on a variety of cereals and other herbaceous plants (see list below). The species overwinters as a pupa.
# ''The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.''

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Recorded food plants

External link

References

Recorded food plants

★ ''Beta'' - Beet

★ ''Galium'' - Bedstraw

★ ''Hordeum'' - Barley

★ ''Lotus'' - Bird's-foot Trefoil

★ ''Medicago'' - Alfalfa

★ ''Polygonum''

★ ''Rumex'' - Dock

★ ''Secale'' - Rye

★ ''Taraxacum'' - Dandelion

★ ''Trifolium'' - Clover

★ ''Triticum'' - Wheat

★ ''Urtica'' - Nettle

★ ''Vicia''

External link

★ The Flame at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera pages

References

★ 'Chinery, Michael' ''Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe'' 1986 (Reprinted 1991)

★ 'Skinner, Bernard' ''Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles'' 1984