Species Details

ABH: 73.234

BF: 2229

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Dasypolia templi

Authority: (Thunberg, 1792)

Vernacular: Brindled Ochre

Account: Local on grassland, sea cliffs, sand-dunes, upland grassland, moorland and sand-dunes throughout much of Scotland, northern England and south-western England, predominantly coastal, a species of conservation concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. The species is almost entirely coastal in southern England, but it occurs also inland from the north Midlands northward; in the southern part of the range it is always found in association with rocks, but further north it is more generally distributed, and in Scotland becomes progressively more common from south to north, abundant in Orkney and Shetland (MBGBI Vol 10) Larva feeds on Hogweed and Wild Angelica.

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: 40 — 56 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Angelica sylvestris (Wild Angelica), Heracleum sphondylium (Hogweed).

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/dasypolia-templi/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1970

Latest Year: 1970

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