Broad-barred White
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Hecatera bicolorata
Found throughout England & Wales, local in Scotland & Ireland.
The Larva is brown or green with darker diamonds along the back.
The Larvae feeds on the flowers & buds of such plants as Hawkweed & Hawk's-beard.
The species overwinters as a pupa.
The white or sometimes bluish-grey forewings are marked with a broad dark olive-fuscous median band.
The base and outer area of forewing and the head and thorax are pure white.
The hindwings are darker in the female.
This species flies at night from June to August and is attracted to light and various flowers.