Species Details

ABH: 73.024

BF: 2410

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Eustrotiinae

Taxon: Protodeltote pygarga

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1766)

Vernacular: Marbled White Spot

Account: Common in woodland, heathland and moorland throughout much of southern England and northern Wales Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on Purple Moor-grass, False-brome and Tufted Hair-grass, 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: 23 — 29 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 12 May (1959) — 13 Aug (1996)

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

Foodplant: Gramineae, Molinia caerulea (Purple Moor-grass).

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: 5 — Adults unidentifiable 😖 or pending grading 🧐
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/protodeltote-pygarga/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 891

Individuals: 668

Earliest Year: 1899

Latest Year: 2025

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