Species Details

ABH: 73.328

BF: 2098

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Axylia putris

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: Flame

Account: Common on farmland, downland and heathland, and in hedgerows, woodland edges and gardens throughout the British Isles. Larva feeds on a variety of herbaceous plants, including Stinging Nettle, White Dead-nettle, Hedge Bedstraw, Hound's-tongue, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 30 — 38 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 8 May (1995) — 27 Aug (1964)

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

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

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/axylia-putris/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 979

Individuals: 387

Earliest Year: 1883

Latest Year: 2024

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