Species Details

ABH: 73.345

BF: 2109

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Noctua comes

Authority: Hübner, [1813]

Vernacular: Lesser Yellow Underwing

Account: Common in a wide range of habitats, including gardens, downland, heathland, woodland and moorland throughout the British Isles. Could be confused with the much rarer Lunar Yellow Underwing N. orbona, which see. Larva feeds on Stinging Nettle, Broad-leaved Dock and Foxglove.

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: 38 — 48 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 22 Mar (2023) — 16 Nov (1990)

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/noctua-comes/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1615

Individuals: 1689

Earliest Year: 1904

Latest Year: 2025

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