Species Details

ABH: 72.023

BF: 2059

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Arctiinae

Taxon: Diacrisia sannio

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Clouded Buff

Account: Local on heathland, moorland and calcareous grassland throughout the British Isles Unmistakable. Larva polyphagous on various heathland plants, including Heather, Bell Heather, Sheep's Sorrel, Devil's-bit Scabious, Common Dog-violet, Ribwort Plantain and Greater Plantain.

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: male 40 — 50 mm; female 35 — 45 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 16 May (2017) — 24 Aug (2021)

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

Foodplant: Calluna sp., Erica 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/diacrisia-sannio/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 223

Individuals: 102

Earliest Year: 1842

Latest Year: 2024

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