Species Details

ABH: 73.164

BF: 2323

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Apamea sublustris

Authority: (Esper, 1788)

Vernacular: Reddish Light Arches

Account: Local on chalk and limestone grassland, sand-dunes and shingle beaches throughout England The main confusion species is Light Arches A. lithoxylaea, which see. Larva feeds on flowers and seeds of various grasses.

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 — 48 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Jun (1992) — 29 Jul (1904)

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

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 271

Individuals: 276

Earliest Year: 1904

Latest Year: 2024

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