Species Details

ABH: 73.170

BF: 2343a

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Mesapamea didyma

Authority: (Esper, 1788)

Vernacular: Lesser Common Rustic

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 Jul (2019) — 2 Sep (1995)

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

Foodplant: Gramineae, Luzula pilosa (Hairy Wood-rush).

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: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/mesapamea-didyma/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 131

Individuals: 124

Earliest Year: 1966

Latest Year: 2024

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