Cabbage Moth

Mamestra brassicae

Common & widespread in Britain.

The Larvae feeds on cabbages, so they can be a notorious pest hence the name.

Forewing grey-brown varied with fuscous: lines pale, dark-edged; orbicular stigma rounded, reniform large, white-spotted, or filled in with white; hindwing brownish, with a paler mark near end of vein.

Adults fly from May-September in 3 generations.

 The Moth is most active at night, when it flies between plants and feeds.