Species Details

ABH: 73.314

BF: 2082

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Euxoa nigricans

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: Garden Dart

Account: Local in gardens, allotments and farmland, and on downland and rough ground throughout the British Isles, a species of conservation concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan Some forms can be confused with White-line Dart E. tritici, but that is a neater, more sharply marked insect; the presence of the claviform stigma, as well as the relatively longer and narrower forewing, should preclude confusion with Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa (MBGBI Vol 9). Larva feeds on various herbaceous plants, including Clover, Dock and Plantain, over-wintering as an egg or small larva.

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: 32 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 28 Jun (1976) — 24 Sep (1831)

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

Foodplant: Allium cepa (Onion), Beta vulgaris (Beet), Gramineae., Vitis sp.

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

Status: Vulnerable (VU)

UK BAP: BAP(R)

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/euxoa-nigricans/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 224

Individuals: 80

Earliest Year: 1831

Latest Year: 2020

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