Deep-brown Dart

Aporophyla lutulenta

Fairly common in the British Isles, mainly nocturnal.

The Larvae feeds on grasses & bushes such as Hawthorn.

On moorland, the Larvae feeds on heather.

Forewing fuscous brown with a purplish grey gloss, which is more pronounced in the Females, the Males varying from dark to pale rufous brown; lines and markings obscure; median area often darker; hindwing in male white, with the terminal line dark, in Female uniform brownish.

The moth flies in one generation in September-October.