Species Details

ABH: 73.050

BF: 2211

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Cuculliinae

Taxon: Cucullia absinthii

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: Wormwood

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Jul (1964) — 12 Aug (1962)

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

Foodplant: Artemisia absinthium (Wormwood), Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort).

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/cucullia-absinthii/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 69

Individuals: 51

Earliest Year: 1953

Latest Year: 2008

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