Species Details

ABH: 73.220

BF: 2225

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Brachylomia viminalis

Authority: (Fabricius, [1777])

Vernacular: Minor Shoulder-knot

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: 2 Jun (2011) — 18 Aug (1975)

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

Foodplant: Salix sp. (a sallow).

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

Status: Near Threatened (NT)

UK BAP: BAP(R)

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/brachylomia-viminalis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 475

Individuals: 510

Earliest Year: 1919

Latest Year: 2025

« Previous Random 🎲 Next »