Beautiful yellow underwing moth
- Description
- This specimen was collected by Alexander Baynes in July 1960. The label gives the location as ‘W. Common’ which is likely to be either in Devon or Hertfordshire. This moth flies mainly during the day and its larvae feed on heather.
- Accession Loan No.
- 321/2007/15
- Collection Class
- Arthropods
- Common Name
- beautiful yellow underwing moth
- Simple Name
- insect: moth
- Full Name
- NOCTUIDAE: Anarta myrtilli, Linnaeus 1761: beautiful yellow underwing
- Dimensions
- width 10 mm
- Period Classification
- Modern (1945-); Modern (1900-)
- Family Group
- Collector / Excavator
- Baynes, Mr Alexander
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
- Phylum
- ARTHROPODA
- Family
- NOCTUIDAE
- Genus
- Anarta
- Species
- myrtilli
