Woodland Brown vs Lunar Hornet Moth

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Woodland Brown Lunar Hornet Moth
Scientific Name Lopinga achine Sesia bembeciformis
Order Lepidoptera Lepidoptera
Family Nymphalidae Sesiidae
Size 48-56 mm wingspan 30–42 mm wingspan
Habitat Woodlands Rivers & Streams
Diet Wood Feeders Omnivores
Regions Central and eastern Europe, temperate Asia Europe, Western Asia
Conservation Near Threatened Not Evaluated

Woodland Brown

A large brown butterfly with prominent yellow-ringed eyespots along the margins of both wings. It is one of Europe's most threatened butterflies due to changes in woodland management.

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Did You Know?

It requires a very specific habitat of partially shaded grassy woodland that is now vanishingly rare.

Lunar Hornet Moth

A large clearwing moth that mimics a hornet and bores into willow and sallow trunks. Adults emerge in midsummer and are active in sunshine.

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Did You Know?

The empty pupal skin can be found protruding from the exit hole on willow trunks long after the moth has emerged.