Species Details

ABH: 73.160

BF: 2335

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Apamea scolopacina

Authority: (Esper, 1788)

Vernacular: Slender Brindle

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: 24 Jun (2003) — 24 Aug (1962)

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

Foodplant: Gramineae, Luzula 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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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

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

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 409

Individuals: 234

Earliest Year: 1888

Latest Year: 2023

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