Lepidoptera The Mother Shipton Moth – Euclidia Mi
Passing over a few small and less important families, we come to the Euclidiida, which contains only two British moths. One of these is the Mother Shipton, a very common insect that flies in June.
The fore wings of this species are very dark brown with whitish markings. The latter include a peculiarly tortuous line, the character of which will be made out more easily from our illustration (Plate XI, fig. 4) than from a written description. The hind wings are also very dark brown, and rather prettily spotted with an ochreous tint.
The caterpillar is pale grey, with four white stripes, and has only three pairs of claspers. It feeds in May on clovers (Trifolium pratense and T. repens) and other plants.