Species Details

ABH: 73.307

BF: 2119

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Peridroma saucia

Authority: (Hübner, [1808])

Vernacular: Pearly Underwing

Account: Common immigrant from mainland Europe, appearing throughout the British Isles, in some years arriving in sufficient numbers to breed in very small numbers Thorax with longitudinal crest, often silvery grey. Larva feeds on Dandelion, Dock and Red Clover, unable to over-winter in significant numbers.

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: 45 — 56 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 Jan (2023) — 11 Dec (1953)

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

Foodplant:

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Migrant

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/peridroma-saucia/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 242

Individuals: 52

Earliest Year: 1833

Latest Year: 2025

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