Species Details

ABH: 73.165

BF: 2329

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Apamea furva

=Apamea furva britannica

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Confused

Account: Local on rocky places on coasts, and high moorland inland, in Scotland, northern England and Ireland. In southern England, known from just one locality, at Folkestone in Kent. Could be confused with f. obscura of Dusky Brocade A. remissa. Larva feeds on roots and lower stems of various grasses, including Rough Meadow-grass and Wood Meadow-grass.

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: 34 — 42 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Poa nemoralis (Wood Meadow-grass), Poa trivialis (Rough Meadow-grass).

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

No distribution map – Sensitive species!

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/apamea-furva/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1904

Latest Year: 1904

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