Key to Text Moths of Northamptonshire

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  Muslin Moth Diaphora mendica  
         
  Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Common.

Primary Habitat: Grassland.

Flight Period: Single brooded in April and May.

Observations: Normally seen in small numbers in a variety of habitats. It was unusually plentiful at light on 21 May 1988 at Collyweston Quarry.

L.O.N.: 1905. Several localities. Irregular.

First Record: 1842, Clark.