Species Details

ABH: 73.237

BF: 2252

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Polymixis flavicincta

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Large Ranunculus

Account: Local in gardens, waste ground, damp meadows and rough ground throughout much of southern England and Wales Larva feeds on Dandelion, Rosebay Willowherb, Red Valerian and Common Ragwort, over-wintering as an egg.

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: 42 — 52 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 28 Aug (1992) — 23 Oct (1991)

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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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/polymixis-flavicincta/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 533

Individuals: 109

Earliest Year: 1840

Latest Year: 2020

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