Species Details

ABH: 73.091

BF: 2396

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Elaphria venustula

Authority: (Hübner, 1790)

Vernacular: Rosy Marbled

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in deciduous woodland, heathland, roadside verges and rough ground in parts of south-eastern England Larva feeds on flowers of Tormentil and Creeping Cinquefoil, 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: 18 — 20 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 May (2010) — 31 Jul (1983)

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

Foodplant: Potentilla erecta (Tormentil).

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/elaphria-venustula/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 220

Individuals: 168

Earliest Year: 1947

Latest Year: 2019

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