Species Details

ABH: 73.001

BF: 2450

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Plusiinae

Taxon: Abrostola tripartita

=Abrostola triplasia

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1766)

Vernacular: Spectacle

Account: Common in gardens, heathland, rough grassland, fens, woodland edges and waste ground throughout the British Isles. Over-winters as a pupa.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 34 — 38 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 16 Apr (2015) — 24 Sep (1994)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Urtica dioica (Common Nettle).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/abrostola-tripartita/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1035

Individuals: 245

Earliest Year: 1903

Latest Year: 2025

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