Species Details

ABH: 73.252

BF: 2177

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Tholera cespitis

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Hedge Rustic

Account: Common in rough grassland and gardens, but despite the name not hedgerows throughout the British Isles, a species of conservation concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan Larva feeds on various grasses, including Mat-grass and Wavy Hair-grass.

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: 34 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 3 Aug (1975) — 6 Oct (1973)

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

Foodplant: Deschampsia sp., Gramineae., Nardus stricta (Mat-grass).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Vulnerable (VU)

UK BAP: BAP(R)

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/tholera-cespitis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 274

Individuals: 213

Earliest Year: 1903

Latest Year: 2025

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