Species Details

ABH: 73.308

BF: 2099

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Actebia praecox

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Portland Moth

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) on sandy beaches, on the coasts of England and Ireland Fairly distinctive. Larva feeds on herbaceous plants such as Creeping Willow, Wormwood, Common Bird's-foot Trefoil and Tree Lupin.

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: 40 — 46 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Lupinus arboreus (Tree Lupin), Salix repens (Creeping Willow).

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

No distribution map – Sensitive species!

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/actebia-praecox/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1858

Latest Year: 1858

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