Species Details

ABH: 73.267

BF: 2160

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Lacanobia oleracea

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Bright-line Brown-eye

Account: Common in gardens, heathland, saltmarshes, woodland rides and a wide range of other habitats throughout much of the British Isles The most likely confusion species is Dog's Tooth Lacanobia suasa, which is duller brown and has a characteristic central tooth-mark on forewing, even in the darkest forms it is usually just possible to see the subterminal line and the short, black basal streak (MBGBI Vol 9). Larva polyphagous, feeding mainly on herbaceous plants, but with an apparent natural preference for orache and goosefoot, also on Stinging Nettle, Fat-hen, Broad-leaved Willowherb, Rosebay Willowherb, St John's-wort, Traveller's-joy, Black-bindweed, Tamarisk, English Elm, Hazel, Hop and Reed Sweet-grass, 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: 34 — 44 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 6 Apr (2007) — 25 Sep (1992)

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

Foodplant: Atriplex sp., Chenopodium sp., Lycopersicon esculentum., 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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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/lacanobia-oleracea/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1093

Individuals: 853

Earliest Year: 1904

Latest Year: 2025

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