Species Details

ABH: 73.343

BF: 2110

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Noctua fimbriata

Authority: (Schreber, 1759)

Vernacular: Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Account: Common in broad-leaved woodland, parkland, heathland and gardens throughout the British Isles. Variable, but unmistakable. Larva feeds on various deciduous trees, including Birch, Sallow and Sycamore.

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: 50 — 58 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 9 Jun (2023) — 28 Oct (2015)

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:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/noctua-fimbriata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1085

Individuals: 368

Earliest Year: 1864

Latest Year: 2025

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