Green-brindled
Crescent Allophyes oxyacanthae (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
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.....Presumed to be a fairly common moth at many
sites across Nottinghamshire. There is currently just one
post-1990 Sherwood Forest NNR record, in October 2010. The larva is
easily found by beating the foliage of Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
and Blackthorn Prunus spinosa in early Spring. There is an
unusual green colour form of the larva, which is especially attractive. |
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at Lound Wood October 2013 |
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at Lound Wood September 2010 |
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| Brown form Allophyes
oxyacanthae ab. capuncina, photographed at
Gamston Wood October 2013 |
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| Photographed
at Lound Wood October 2010 |
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Early stages |
| Young
larvae (12-15mm length). Photographed on Blackthorn Prunus spinosa,
Eakring Meadows April 2023. |
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| Full-grown larva. Photographed on Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna at
Dukes Wood May 2022 |
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Unusual colour form of full-grown larva. Photographed on Hawthorn
at Rainworth Heath NR April 2025 (Specimen provided by
Nick and Samantha Brownley) |
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