Species Details

ABH: 73.277

BF: 2153

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Sideridis reticulata

=Sideridis reticulata hibernica

=Sideridis reticulata marginosa

Authority: (Goeze, 1781)

Vernacular: Bordered Gothic

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) on chalk downland, heathland, sea cliffs, quarries and embankments, a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Formerly widely distributed, but always local, in England and Wales from Yorkshire southwards, but its range has declined substantially since the 1960s. The Brecklands of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge are still believed to be the main national stronghold for this species in Britain Larva feeds on Soapwort, Bladder Campion and Knotgrass, 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: 35 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Jun (1894) — 23 Jul (1955)

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: Critically endangered (provisionally extinct)

UK BAP: BAP

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/sideridis-reticulata/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 37

Individuals: 12

Earliest Year: 1894

Latest Year: 1964

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