Species Details

ABH: 73.093

BF: 2387a

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Caradrina kadenii

Authority: (Freyer, [1836])

Vernacular: Clancy's Rustic

Account: Increasingly common immigrant from southern Europe, appearing in southern England for the first time at New Romney, Kent, on 3 October 2002. Can now be found along the south coast, mostly in September and October, but occasionally as early as May. In our area first recorded in 2003, and 2006 saw a peak of 140 individuals in the southern two vice-counties: a further jump in numbers in 2018 has seen a subsequent exponential increase in records and it is increasingly frequent in the north of Hampshire. Wingspan 28-34 mm. On the continent, the larva feeds on various herbaceous plants.

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: 28 — 34 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 9 Jun (2025) — 9 Oct (2024)

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

Foodplant:

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/caradrina-kadenii/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 10

Individuals: 9

Earliest Year: 2006

Latest Year: 2025

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