Species Details

ABH: 73.043

BF: 2287

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Acronictinae

Taxon: Acronicta auricoma

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Scarce Dagger

Account: In the 19th Century this uncommon resident was found in Surrey, Hampshire and Kent, but by the 20th Century only known as an occasional immigrant in southern England, including several in Kent and Sussex between 1950 and 1952 Larva feeds on Sessile Oak and Pedunculate Oak, no evidence of breeding in the UK.

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: 37 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Quercus sp. (an oak), Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry).

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

Status: Regionally Extinct (RE)

UK BAP:

WCA:

No distribution map – Sensitive species!

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/acronicta-auricoma/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1892

Latest Year: 1892

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