Garden Pebble
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Evergestis forficalis
Common in gardens and similar habitats throughout Britain, mainly nocturnal.
The Larva is yellowish-green; dorsal and lateral lines darker green; head yellowish.
The Larvae like to feed on cultivated Cruciferous plants, and can be a pest in gardens and allotments.
The forewings are whitish-ochreous, disc and apex sometimes tinged with yellowish-brown; lines fine, dark brown, very obliquely curved, indented beneath costa, first very indistinct towards costa; two small transversely placed discal spots outlined with dark fuscous, lower larger; a dark fuscous oblique apical streak; margins of subterminal line obscurely brownish.
The Moth flies from May to September.