Bena bicolorana
A most attractive bright green moth with two thin parallel diagonal pale lines. Wingspan 40 to 48mm.
The caterpillar feeds on oak.
Adults fly June to July, and is attracted to light and comes to sugar. Found in broadleaved woodland and parkland. Locally widespread in England and Wales, up as far as Cumbria and Yorkshire.
July 2013, rear garden, Staffordshire. Nikon Coolpix P500. © Pete Hillman 2013.
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