Frosted Orange (Gortyna flavago) | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Taken at Aston, Oxon., on September 3rd 2022. (© David Hastings) (1/250th sec at f11) DescriptionFamily: Noctuidae (ABH : 73.121) Wing span: 32 - 38mm The wide, golden-yellow cross-band and yellow oval, kidney mark and tooth mark on a broad, sharply pointed fore-wing are diagnostic. It is well-distributed in England and Wales, most of mainland Scotland (except the western Highlands), and Ireland. Habitats are rough grassland, woodland rides and edges, ditch-banks, marshes and some gardens. There is one generation from late August to October. It over-winters as an egg. Larvae feed on robust herbaceous plants, particularly thistles, burdocks and Foxglove. They feed and pupate inside the lower stem. It comes to light in small numbers. Earliest UK sighting: 24th August ; Latest UK sighting: 1st October Sightings
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