Species Details

ABH: 73.073

BF: 2402

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Heliothinae

Taxon: Heliothis maritima

=Heliothis maritima bulgarica

=Heliothis maritima warneckei

Authority: Graslin, 1855

Vernacular: Shoulder-striped Clover

Account: A rare Red Data Book and a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan, now confined to acid heathland in Hampshire and neighbouring counties Day-flying, may come to light. The main confusion species is Marbled Clover H. viriplaca, which lacks the distinctive basal streak of H. maritima. Larva feeds on flowers of Cross-leaved Heath, 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: 32 — 37 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 18 Jun (1957) — 15 Jul (1961)

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

Foodplant: Calluna sp., Erica sp., Narthecium ossifragum (Bog Asphodel).

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

Status: Endangered (EN)

UK BAP: BAP

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/heliothis-maritima/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 39

Individuals: 29

Earliest Year: 1912

Latest Year: 2003

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