Species Details

ABH: 73.358

BF: 2133

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Xestia sexstrigata

Authority: (Haworth, 1809)

Vernacular: Six-striped Rustic

Account: Common in water meadows, marshes, fens, damp woodland, hedgerows, gardens and downland throughout much of the British Isles Fairly unmistakable. Larva polyphagous on herbaceous plants such as Hedge Bedstraw, Ribwort Plantain, Bramble, Bluebell and Water Figwort.

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: 36 — 38 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 3 Jul (1985) — 18 Sep (1975)

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: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/xestia-sexstrigata/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 528

Individuals: 352

Earliest Year: 1925

Latest Year: 2025

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