Species Details

ABH: 73.243

BF: 2183

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Orthosia miniosa

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Blossom Underwing

Account: Local in oak woodland and mature hedgerows throughout much of southern England and Wales, north to Cumbria, also appearing as a migrant in the south The main confusion species, Common Quaker O. cerasi, has subterminal line complete and pale; upper stigmata clearly outlined whitish; median fascia, when present, narrow and dark; hindwing fuscous (MBGBI Vol 9). Larva feeds on Sessile Oak and Pedunculate Oak; also polyphagous on various herbaceous plants, 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: 32 — 38 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 8 Mar (1966) — 7 May (2016)

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

Foodplant: Quercus sp. (an oak).

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/orthosia-miniosa/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 214

Individuals: 49

Earliest Year: 1840

Latest Year: 2025

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