Species Details

ABH: 73.107

BF: 2300

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Mormo maura

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Old Lady

Account: Local in marshes, gardens, hedgerows, scrub and woodland throughout much of the British Isles Unmistakable. Larva feeds on various herbaceous and woody plants, such as Chickweed, Dock, Ivy and Hawthorn.

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: 64 — 74 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 Jun (2017) — 27 Sep (1992)

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

Foodplant: 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/mormo-maura/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 463

Individuals: 137

Earliest Year: 1904

Latest Year: 2025

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