Species Details

ABH: 73.356

BF: 2135

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Xestia agathina

=Xestia agathina agathina

=Xestia agathina hebridicola

Authority: (Duponchel, 1827)

Vernacular: Heath Rustic

Account: Local on acid heathland and moorland throughout much of the British Isles, a species of conservation concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan A constant feature is the small, pale, very oblique orbicular stigmata. Larva feeds on Heather.

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: 28 — 36 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 3 Aug (1982) — 28 Sep (1971)

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

Foodplant: Calluna sp.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

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/xestia-agathina/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 97

Individuals: 191

Earliest Year: 1864

Latest Year: 2025

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