Species Details

ABH: 73.158

BF: 2334

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Apamea sordens

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1766)

Vernacular: Rustic Shoulder-knot

Account: Common in grassland, farmland, gardens and woodland rides throughout the British Isles The conspicuous undulating black basal streak is highly distinctive and precludes confusion with most species (MBGBI Vol 10). Larva feeds on seeds and leaves of various grasses, including Cock's-foot and Common Couch, and some cereal crops.

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: 23 Apr (2019) — 27 Jul (1991)

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

Foodplant: Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot), Gramineae.

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-sordens/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 346

Individuals: 104

Earliest Year: 1904

Latest Year: 2024

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