Species Details

ABH: 73.349

BF: 2113

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Spaelotis ravida

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Stout Dart

Account: Local in damp grassland, meadows and marshes, in England, with great variations in abundance and temporary extensions of range; on the east coast the species is possibly reinforced by immigration. Apparently, recorded in the UK very infrequently in recent years Double Dart Graphiphora augur has no streak connecting the stigmata and the hindwing is wholly dark brown; Northern Rustic Standfussiana lucernea, which would normally be found in a very different habitat, also lacks this streak, has barely visible stigmata, and much darker brown hindwing; Garden Dart Euxoa nigricans is smaller and darker, with hindwing more suffused in both sexes (MBGBI Vol 9). Larva feeds on Sow-thistle, Dandelion and Dock.

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 — 50 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 14 Aug (1978) — 18 Sep (1963)

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: Critically endangered (CR)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/spaelotis-ravida/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 7

Individuals: 7

Earliest Year: 1960

Latest Year: 1988

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