Species Details

ABH: 73.010

BF: 2436

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Plusiinae

Taxon: Macdunnoughia confusa

Authority: (Stephens, 1850)

Vernacular: Dewick's Plusia

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 2 May (2025) — 3 Oct (2011)

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: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/macdunnoughia-confusa/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 19

Individuals: 13

Earliest Year: 1955

Latest Year: 2025

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