Species Details

ABH: 73.025

BF: 2411

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Eustrotiinae

Taxon: Deltote deceptoria

Authority: (Scopoli, 1763)

Vernacular: Pretty Marbled

Account: A rare migrant which may have been possibly resident for a short while in Kent during the mid 20th Century. Most records are from the south-east of England, during May and June. Could be confused with the very much more common Marbled White Spot Protodeltote pygarga, which has no white patch at base of forewings. Larva feeds on various grasses, especially Timothy, no recent evidence of breeding in the UK.

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: 23 — 25 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 13 Jun (1952) — 13 Jun (1952)

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

Foodplant: Phleum pratense (Timothy).

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

Status: Migrant

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/deltote-deceptoria/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 1952

Latest Year: 1952

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