Species Details

ABH: 73.352

BF: 2138

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Anaplectoides prasina

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Green Arches

Account: Common in broad-leaved, especially damp, woodland throughout the British Isles. Larva feeds on numerous herbaceous and woody plants, including Primrose, Knotgrass, Sallow, Dock, Honeysuckle, Bramble and Bilberry.

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: 43 — 53 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 May (2002) — 2 Aug (1982)

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

Foodplant: Lonicera sp., Polygonum sp., Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry).

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/anaplectoides-prasina/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 163

Individuals: 41

Earliest Year: 1881

Latest Year: 2019

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