Species Details

ABH: 73.106

BF: 2304

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Trachea atriplicis

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Orache Moth

Account: Rare immigrant from the Channel Islands and northern Europe, appearing in southern England. Recorded for the first time in Hampshire (1995) and on the Isle of Wight in 1996, since when there have been over 20 records. Wingspan 44-50 mm. Larva feeds on Orache, Goosefoot and Knotgrass, with no evidence of breeding in the UK.

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: 44 — 50 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 Jul (1989) — 5 Jul (1989)

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

Foodplant: Atriplex sp., Chenopodium sp.

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

Status: Regionally Extinct (RE)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/trachea-atriplicis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1989

Latest Year: 1989

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