Species Details

ABH: 73.368

BF: 2136

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Naenia typica

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Gothic

Account: Local in gardens, marshes, hedgerows and damp woodland throughout much of the British Isles Both Bordered Gothic Heliophobus reticulata and Feathered Gothic Tholera decimalis are similar, but they both have a series of wedge-shaped marks in the subterminal region. Larva feeds on various herbaceous and woody plants.

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 — 46 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 4 Jun (1997) — 3 Sep (1955)

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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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/naenia-typica/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 139

Individuals: 71

Earliest Year: 1904

Latest Year: 2011

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