Species Details

ABH: 73.270

BF: 2155

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Melanchra persicariae

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: Dot Moth

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: 1 Jun (1982) — 26 Aug (1984)

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

Foodplant: Larix decidua (European Larch), Sambucus sp.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP: BAP(R)

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/melanchra-persicariae/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 704

Individuals: 193

Earliest Year: 1883

Latest Year: 2020

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