Pale Mottled Willow (Caradrina clavipalpis) - iMoths


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Pale Mottled Willow
Caradrina clavipalpis (Scopoli, 1763)
Noctuidae : Xyleninae

2389 / 73.095

Photo © Janice Robertson, Milton Keynes, Bucks, September 2023

Similar Upper Thames Species
Clancy's Rustic Caradrina kadenii

Small Mottled Willow
Spodoptera exigua

Foodplant:	Plant seeds, mainly those of grasses including grain crops
Red List:	Least Concern (LC)
GB Status:	Common
Verification Grade: Adult: 1

Widespread and very common in the region, in a wide range of habitats.

Recorded in 63 (81%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1750.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)

Further info: Caradrina clavipalpis

	UK Moths		Mothdissection UK
	Lepiforum.de		Upper Thames Moths (Full)