Species Details

ABH: 73.295

BF: 2195

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Mythimna vitellina

Authority: (Hübner, [1808])

Vernacular: Delicate

Account: Common immigrant from grassland in the Canary Islands and southern Europe, appearing on the south coast in most years in sufficient numbers to breed Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on various grasses, such as Cock's-foot and Annual Meadow-grass, unable to over-winter in Britain in significant numbers.

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: 36 — 43 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jun (1975) — 10 Nov (1992)

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

Foodplant: Gramineae.

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

Status: Migrant

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/mythimna-vitellina/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 82

Individuals: 55

Earliest Year: 1950

Latest Year: 2024

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