Species Details

ABH: 73.053

BF: 2214

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Cuculliinae

Taxon: Cucullia chamomillae

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Chamomile Shark

Account: Local on calcareous grassland, waste ground, farmland and gardens; well distributed, showing a preference for sandy or light calcareous soils, and probably most common near the coasts, in England and Wales, Scotland to Perthshire, and Ireland (MBGBI Vol 10) The most likely confusion species is Shark Cucullia umbratica, which see for differences. Larva feeds on flowers of Scentless Mayweed, Corn Chamomile, Stinking Chamomile and Feverfew, 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: 42 — 52 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 Apr (1999) — 7 Jun (2006)

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

Foodplant: Anthemis sp., Chamaemelum nobile (Chamomile), Compositae., Matricaria recutita., Tripleurospermum maritima.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cucullia-chamomillae/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 104

Individuals: 22

Earliest Year: 1840

Latest Year: 2014

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