Species Details

ABH: 73.257

BF: 2142

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Anarta myrtilli

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: Beautiful Yellow Underwing

Account: Common on heathland and moorland throughout much of the British Isles The moth is usually diurnal, but is recorded occasionally at light. Larva feeds on terminal shoots of Heather and Bell Heather, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 24 — 28 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 Apr (2010) — 3 Sep (1961)

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

Foodplant: Calluna sp., Erica cinerea (Bell Heather).

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/anarta-myrtilli/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 342

Individuals: 110

Earliest Year: 1842

Latest Year: 2024

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