Anania coronata

Elder Pearl

Fairly common throughout England and Wales, and also Ireland, mainly nocturnal.

The Larvae feed on the young leaves of elder.

Forewings dark fuscous, sprinkled with yellow-whitish; first line indistinct, preceded by a whitish dot; second dark fuscous, posteriorly with a waved whitish-yellowish edging, middle third forming a quadrangular projection including a pale whitish-yellowish blotch, below this with a loop inwards enclosing a whitish-yellowish spot

Adults fly in a single generation during June & July.