Species Details

ABH: 73.008

BF: 2428

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Plusiinae

Taxon: Chrysodeixis chalcites

Authority: (Esper, [1803])

Vernacular: Golden Twin-spot

Account: Immigrant from southern Europe, appearing in southern England: up to 1980, there were about 18 records, all in September and October, between 1980 and 2001 over 100 specimens were recorded. In 1977 and 1978 some 20 larvae or pupae were found on house plants imported from the Canary Islands and Kenya. The first in our area was in 1965, on Wight, and there have been 8 further records on the island, five this century The most likely confusion species is Tunbridge Wells Gem C. acuta, which see for differences. Larva feeds on a wide variety of 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: 33 — 44 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 10 Nov (1988) — 10 Nov (1988)

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

Foodplant: Lycopersicon esculentum.

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

Status: Migrant

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/chrysodeixis-chalcites/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1988

Latest Year: 2019

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