Species Details

ABH: 73.265

BF: 2156

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Lacanobia contigua

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Beautiful Brocade

Account: Local on heathland and moorland, and in open woodland throughout the British Isles The main confusion species is Light Brocade L. w-latinum, which has a conspicuous black bar from claviform stigma, pale orbicular stigma not connected to tornal blotch, and no pinkish suffusion on upper- or underside (MBGBI Vol 9). Other confusion species include Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa and Pale-shouldered Brocade L. thalassina. Larva feeds on Birch, Oak, Broom, Bog-myrtle, Heather, Dyer's Greenweed and Bramble, 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: 36 — 42 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 19 May (1952) — 26 Jul (1969)

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

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

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/lacanobia-contigua/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 175

Individuals: 92

Earliest Year: 1913

Latest Year: 2014

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