Species Details

ABH: 73.176

BF: 2340

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Oligia fasciuncula

Authority: (Haworth, 1809)

Vernacular: Middle-barred Minor

Account: Common in damp grassland, marshes, fens, woodland and gardens throughout much of the British Isles Characterised by mottled reddish fuscous forewing, especially on costa and termen, with a median band between ante- and postmedian lines which forms a central bar along the dorsum (MBGBI Vol 10). Larva feeds on various grasses, including Tufted Hair-grass.

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: 22 — 26 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 May (2011) — 3 Aug (2024)

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

Foodplant: Gramineae.

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/oligia-fasciuncula/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 636

Individuals: 231

Earliest Year: 1900

Latest Year: 2025

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