Species Details

ABH: 73.161

BF: 2325

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Apamea oblonga

Authority: (Haworth, 1809)

Vernacular: Crescent Striped

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) on saltmarshes, mud-flats, estuaries and brackish marshes, along the coasts of England and Wales Larva feeds on roots and lower stems of Common Saltmarsh-grass, Reflexed Saltmarsh-grass and Bulbous 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: 42 — 50 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 7 Aug (1997) — 7 Aug (1997)

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

Foodplant: Gramineae, Puccinellia sp.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 1997

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