Old Lady

Mormo maura

Distributed locally throughout much of Britain, and common in places

The Larvae are pale ochreous, clouded with darker; dorsal and subdorsal lines

The Larvae feed in the spring after overwintering, on blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), and other shrubs and trees.

 Forewing dull fuscous blackish, the median area usually darker; the paler ground colour being really ochreous grey, thickly dusted with fuscous; subbasal line double, forming two series of groups of black scales across basal area; inner and outer lines double, filled in with pale.

The Moth flies in one generation from mid-June to mid-September.

The Adults are not readily attracted to light, but are frequent at sugar.