Species Details

ABH: 73.121

BF: 2364

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Gortyna flavago

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Frosted Orange

Account: Common in rough grassland, woodland, waste ground, fens, marshes and gardens throughout much of the British Isles Larva feeds on various herbaceous plants, including Lesser Burdock, Greater Burdock, Foxglove, Creeping Thistle, Musk Thistle and Spear Thistle, over-wintering as an egg.

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 — 42 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 13 Aug (1990) — 20 Oct (1994)

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

Foodplant: Arctium sp. (a burdock), Carduus sp., Cirsium sp.

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/gortyna-flavago/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 281

Individuals: 84

Earliest Year: 1887

Latest Year: 2025

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