Species Details

ABH: 73.241

BF: 2179

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Panolis flammea

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Pine Beauty

Account: Common in coniferous and mixed woodland, plantations, parks and gardens throughout the British Isles. Unmistakable. Larva feeds on needles of Scots, Corsican, Lodgepole and Maritime Pine.

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 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 Feb (1975) — 9 Jun (2015)

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

Foodplant: Abies sp., Juniperus sp., Larix decidua (European Larch), Picea sp., Pinus contorta (Lodgepole Pine), Pinus pinaster (Maritime Pine), Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine), Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas Fir).

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/panolis-flammea/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 473

Individuals: 131

Earliest Year: 1893

Latest Year: 2020

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