Species Details

ABH: 73.290

BF: 2192

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Mythimna conigera

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Brown-line Bright-eye

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: 22 May (2007) — 23 Aug (2009)

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

Foodplant: Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot), Elytrigia repens (Common Couch), Festuca ovina (Sheep's-fescue), Gramineae.

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/mythimna-conigera/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 302

Individuals: 94

Earliest Year: 1840

Latest Year: 2023

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