Species Details

ABH: 73.337

BF: 2140

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Cerastis leucographa

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: White-marked

Account: Local in broad-leaved woodland, mature hedgerows and scrub, discontinuously in England from Kent to Yorkshire Differs from Red Chestnut C. rubricosa as follows: antenna in male more strongly pectinate; forewing duller and more strongly marked, particularly the pale stigmata; hindwing paler (MBGBI Vol 9). Larva feeds on various herbaceous and woody plants, 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: 35 — 39 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 10 Mar (1961) — 15 May (1956)

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

Foodplant: Quercus sp. (an oak), Salix sp. (a sallow), Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry).

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/cerastis-leucographa/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 65

Individuals: 27

Earliest Year: 1867

Latest Year: 2007

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