Regional Species


Mother Shipton
Callistege mi

Photograph by Janet Graham

Regional Species

This moth is fairly common in a variety of habitats. However, because it is a day-flyer and does not enter moth traps, it tends not to be recorded very often. The wing markings have a resemblance to two witches faces (looking at each other in the photograph) and this gave rise to the vernacular name.

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Further information available from the NW Lepidoptera Database, including access to detailed records, maps, flight-time charts and photographs.