Purple Clay Diarsia brunnea
Purple Clay Diarsia brunnea
73.332 BF2122
Wingspan 35-38 mm.
A fairly distinctive species with a broad, brownish forewing, often with a purple tinge, and a blackish patch between the two forewing stigmata.
A woodland moth, it is quite common throughout most of Britain.
The larval foodplants are a wide range of herbaceous plants and shrubs.
Flight period
| Month | Records |
|---|---|
| January | 7 |
| February | 0 |
| March | 3 |
| April | 9 |
| May | 249 |
| June | 13,672 |
| July | 23,888 |
| August | 2,814 |
| September | 200 |
| October | 0 |
| November | 5 |
| December | 7 |
