Species Details

ABH: 73.189

BF: 2263

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Leptologia lota

Authority: (Clerck, 1759)

Vernacular: Red-line Quaker

Account: Common in woodland rides, scrub, hedgerows, fens, marshes, heathland and gardens throughout the British Isles. A late autumn moth, slate grey with subterminal line yellowish white, proximally bordered vermilion (MBGBI Vol 10), but see also Yellow-line Quaker A. macilenta. Larva feeds on catkins and leaves of Eared, Goat and Grey Willow.

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: 8 Sep (1961) — 27 Nov (1991)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 5 — Adults unidentifiable 😖 or pending grading 🧐
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/leptologia-lota/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 580

Individuals: 293

Earliest Year: 1832

Latest Year: 2025

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