Species Details

ABH: 74.004

BF: 2078

Family: Nolidae

Subfamily: Nolinae

Taxon: Nola confusalis

Authority: (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)

Vernacular: Least Black Arches

Account: Local in woodland, hedgerows, parks, orchards and gardens throughout the British Isles Could be confused with Small Black Arches Meganola strigula, but M. strigula has more dentate median fascia. Larva feeds on Downy Birch, Blackthorn, Buckthorn and Lime, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 16 — 24 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 2 Apr (2014) — 6 Jul (1998)

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

Foodplant: Fagus sp., Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn), Quercus ilex (Evergreen Oak), Tilia sp. (a lime).

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/nola-confusalis/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 389

Individuals: 181

Earliest Year: 1888

Latest Year: 2025

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