Species Details

ABH: 73.313

BF: 2081a

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Euxoa tritici

=Euxoa crypta

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: White-line Dart

Account: Common on sand-dunes, sea cliffs, heathland, moorland and downland throughout much of the British Isles, a species of conservation concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan The most likely confusion species are Square-spot Dart E. obelisca and Coast Dart E. cursoria, which see for differences. Larva feeds on various herbaceous plants, including Common Mouse-ear, Common Chickweed, Greater Stitchwort and Hedge Bedstraw, 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: 28 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 4 Jul (1957) — 30 Sep (1977)

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

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

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

Status: Vulnerable (VU)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 213

Individuals: 83

Earliest Year: 1900

Latest Year: 2024

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