Species Details

ABH: 73.250

BF: 2189

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Anorthoa munda

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Twin-spotted Quaker

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 16 Feb (2024) — 13 May (1952)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

Moths

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Moths

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/anorthoa-munda/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 898

Individuals: 741

Earliest Year: 1867

Latest Year: 2025