Species Details

ABH: 73.316

BF: 2084

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Agrotis cinerea

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Light Feathered Rustic

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) on calcareous grassland, quarries, sea cliffs and shingle beaches in parts of England Distinguished from all other Agrostis species by the dentate ante- and post-median fasciae and inconspicuous stigmata. Larva feeds on Wild Thyme.

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: 33 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 27 Apr (2007) — 28 Jun (2008)

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

Foodplant: Thymus sp.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/agrotis-cinerea/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 84

Individuals: 186

Earliest Year: 1887

Latest Year: 2019

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