Species Details

ABH: 73.317

BF: 2089

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Agrotis exclamationis

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Heart and Dart

Account: Common often abundant, in all types of habitat throughout the British Isles. Widespread and very common in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 35-44 mm. The presence of the dark mark on the patagia distinguishes Heart and Dart from the occasional female Heart and Club A. clavis which resembles it (MBGBI Vol 9). Larva feeds on herbaceous plants such as Ribwort Plantain and Fat-hen.

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: 35 — 44 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 24 Apr (2007) — 14 Oct (1996)

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

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

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-exclamationis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1986

Individuals: 7422

Earliest Year: 1883

Latest Year: 2025

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