Species Details

ABH: 73.254

BF: 2176

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Cerapteryx graminis

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Antler Moth

Account: Common in upland grassland, moorland and downland throughout much of the British Isles Larva feeds on various grasses, including Sheep's-fescue, Mat-grass and Purple Moor-grass, over-wintering as an egg.

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: male 27 — 32 mm; female 35 — 39 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 6 Jul (1958) — 18 Sep (1949)

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

Foodplant: Festuca ovina (Sheep's-fescue), Gramineae., Nardus stricta (Mat-grass).

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/cerapteryx-graminis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 209

Individuals: 147

Earliest Year: 1910

Latest Year: 2021

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