Species Details

ABH: 73.275

BF: 2152

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Sideridis turbida

Authority: (Esper, 1790)

Vernacular: White Colon

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in sand-dunes and on shingle beaches, along the coasts of England, Wales and eastern Scotland, also inland on the heaths of Hampshire and Surrey The main confusion species is Cabbage Moth Mamestra brassicae, in which the reniform stigma is outlined white; in S. albicolon the reniform stigma is indicated by a pair of vertically opposed whitish dots on the distal margin of the dorsal half (MBGBI Vol 9). Larva feeds on Sea Rocket, Common Restharrow, Sea Sandwort, Sand Spurrey and Ribwort Plantain, 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: 38 — 44 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 19 May (1961) — 24 Jul (1952)

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: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 17

Individuals: 10

Earliest Year: 1919

Latest Year: 1985

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