Coronet

Craniophora ligustri · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Noctuidae

Also called: The Coronet

Damages trees, gardens or crops. The caterpillars feed on ash, lilac and privet, so they can damage those garden trees and shrubs.

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The coronet moth has a wingspan of about 30 to 35 mm and distinctive forewing markings that include a pale patch and a crown-like white spot. It lives across Europe and the Palearctic to Japan, flying from April to September depending on location. Caterpillars eat ash, common lilac and privet, which can affect those plants in gardens and woodlands.

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How to recognize it

Forewings are purplish-brown with a greenish tint, a pale patch beyond the cell, and a white spot that looks like a crown.

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Size

Wingspan ranges from 30 to 35 mm.

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Where it lives

Found throughout Europe, the Palearctic region and into Japan. Adults are on the wing from April through September, varying by location.

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What it eats

Caterpillars feed on ash (Fraxinus excelsior), common lilac and privet (Ligustrum vulgare).

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Life cycle

The moth flies from April to September, timing depending on the region.

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When you see it

Flight period is April to September, varying with location.

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Where it comes from

In the north it reaches southern Scandinavia, the Baltic states, central Russia up to Saint Petersburg, and Ukraine.

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Lookalikes

Form sundevalli has uniformly dark olive-green forewings and thorax. Form nigra is completely black on the forewing, found only in northern England; form coronula has a grey-brown suffused white apex with a white lunule on the inner edge.

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