Species Details

ABH: 73.282

BF: 2170

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Hadena compta

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Varied Coronet

Account: Common in calcareous grassland and gardens throughout much of southern England The main confusion species is Marbled Coronet H. confusa which is larger, with more ample forewing, median fascia incomplete, diagonal, from orbicular stigma to tornus, and whitish blotches at each extremity of subterminal line (MBGBI Vol 9). Larva feeds on seedpods of Bladder Campion and, in gardens, Sweet-William, 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: 28 — 34 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 May (1990) — 2 Sep (2003)

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

Foodplant: Dianthus barbatus (Sweet-William), Silene vulgaris (Bladder Campion).

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/hadena-compta/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 230

Individuals: 38

Earliest Year: 1962

Latest Year: 2024

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