Species Details

ABH: 73.032

BF: 2425

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Pantheinae

Taxon: Colocasia coryli

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Nut-tree Tussock

Account: Common in broad-leaved woodland and gardens throughout much of the British Isles Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on a range of deciduous trees and shrubs including Hazel, Birch and Beech, 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: 31 — 39 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 23 Mar (2025) — 13 Sep (2023)

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

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch), Corylus sp., Fagus sp., 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/colocasia-coryli/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1518

Individuals: 988

Earliest Year: 1841

Latest Year: 2025

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