Species Details

ABH: 73.329

BF: 2102

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Ochropleura plecta

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: Flame Shoulder

Account: Common in a wide variety of habitats, from gardens to wetlands throughout the British Isles. Could be confused with the much rarer Radford's Flame Shoulder O. leucogaster, which see. Larva feeds on various herbaceous plants, including Groundsel, Ribwort Plantain, Lady's Bedstraw, Hedge Bedstraw and Heath Bedstraw, 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: 28 — 34 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 3 Apr (1961) — 29 Oct (1968)

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/ochropleura-plecta/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1924

Individuals: 1658

Earliest Year: 1893

Latest Year: 2025

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