Species Details

ABH: 73.105

BF: 2301

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Dypterygia scabriuscula

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Bird's Wing

Account: Local in broad-leaved woodland, parks, heathland and scrub throughout south-eastern England Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Broad-leaved Dock, Curled Dock, Sheep's Sorrel, Common Sorrel and Knotgrass, 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: 34 — 42 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 11 May (2011) — 26 Aug (1960)

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

Foodplant: Polygonum sp., Rumex sp. (a dock).

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/dypterygia-scabriuscula/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 572

Individuals: 275

Earliest Year: 1864

Latest Year: 2025

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