Brick (moth)

Taxobox
name = The Brick

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Noctuidae
genus = "Agrochola"
species = "A. circellaris"
binomial = "Agrochola circellaris"
binomial_authority = Hufnagel, 1766

The Brick ("Agrochola circellaris") is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout most of Europe.

This is a variable species, the forewings ranging from yellow to reddish brown and marked with paler stigmata and fascia. The most distinctive marking is a dark discal spot, with a diffuse dark band linking it to the costa. The hindwings are dirty grey with pale cream margins. The wingspan is 34-44 mm. This moth flies at night from August to October ref|flight_season and will come to light but is more strongly attracted to some flowers and sugary foods.

The larva usually feeds on Wych Elm, with a preference for the flowers and seeds, but has been recorded on other elms, ash, poplar, Bird Cherry and Common Osier. This species overwinters as an egg.

External links

* [http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/AgrocCirce.htm The Brick at leps.it]

References

*Chinery, Michael "Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe" 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
*Skinner, Bernard "Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles" 1984

# "The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range."