Species Details

ABH: 73.070

BF: 2399

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Heliothinae

Taxon: Pyrrhia umbra

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1766)

Vernacular: Bordered Sallow

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 17 May (1959) — 13 Aug (1980)

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

Foodplant: Ononis sp.

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/pyrrhia-umbra/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 158

Individuals: 35

Earliest Year: 1881

Latest Year: 2020

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