Species Details

ABH: 73.123

BF: 2361

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Hydraecia micacea

Authority: (Esper, 1789)

Vernacular: Rosy Rustic

Account: Common in gardens, hedgerows, fens and woodland rides, and on rough ground and at freshwater margins throughout the British Isles, a species of conservation concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan Fairly unmistakable, but variable in size. Larva feeds in the tap-roots of plants such as Dock, Hop, Plantain, Woundwort and Burdock, 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: 34 — 50 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 3 Jul (2011) — 31 Oct (1978)

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

Foodplant: Rumex sp. (a dock).

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP: BAP(R)

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/hydraecia-micacea/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 475

Individuals: 361

Earliest Year: 1893

Latest Year: 2024

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