Species Details

ABH: 73.283

BF: 2171

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Hadena confusa

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1766)

Vernacular: Marbled Coronet

Account: Local on calcareous grassland in southern England and along the coasts of Britain and Ireland The main confusion species is Varied Coronet Hadena compta, which see for differences. Larva feeds on seedpods of Sea Campion, Bladder Campion and Rock Sea-spurrey, 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: 33 — 39 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 6 May (1965) — 22 Aug (1982)

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

Foodplant: Silene 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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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/hadena-confusa/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 80

Individuals: 67

Earliest Year: 1877

Latest Year: 2020

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