Species Details

ABH: 73.068

BF: 2245

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Psaphidinae

Taxon: Allophyes oxyacanthae

=Allophyes oxyacanthae ab. capucina

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Green-brindled Crescent

Account: Common in broad-leaved woodland, scrub, hedgerows and gardens throughout the British Isles, a species of conservation concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan Occurs in two forms, and their intermediates, in any shade on a scale from green to brown, but always easy to recognise and unlike any other British moth. Larva feeds on Hawthorn and Blackthorn and, less frequently, other broad-leaved trees and shrubs.

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: 38 — 48 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 12 Sep (1904) — 16 Nov (1980)

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

Foodplant: Crataegus sp., Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn), Rosaceae., Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan).

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP: BAP(R)

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/allophyes-oxyacanthae/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 522

Individuals: 223

Earliest Year: 1832

Latest Year: 2025

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