Species Details

ABH: 73.182

BF: 2274

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Cirrhia icteritia

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1766)

Vernacular: Sallow

Account: Common in broad-leaved woodland, fens, heathland, moorland and gardens throughout the British Isles, a species of conservation concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Usually unmistakable, although several not infrequent almost plain forms can be confusing, the wing-shape (costa straight and termen convex at apex) is diagnostic. Larva feeds within catkins of Black and White Poplar, and Sallow, 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: 34 — 38 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 12 Aug (1991) — 4 Nov (2015)

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: Near Threatened (NT)

UK BAP: BAP(R)

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cirrhia-icteritia/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 569

Individuals: 338

Earliest Year: 1831

Latest Year: 2025

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