Species Details

ABH: 73.101

BF: 2380

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Charanyca trigrammica

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1766)

Vernacular: Treble Lines

Account: Common in grassland, heathland, gardens and open woodland, and on sand-dunes and roadside verges throughout England. Unmistakable. Larva feeds on various herbaceous plants, including Common Knapweed, Greater Plantain and Dandelion.

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: 33 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Apr (2020) — 10 Aug (2012)

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

Foodplant: Plantago major (Greater Plantain), 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/charanyca-trigrammica/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1194

Individuals: 993

Earliest Year: 1900

Latest Year: 2025

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