Species Details

ABH: 73.207

BF: 2233

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Xylena solidaginis

Authority: (Hübner, [1803])

Vernacular: Golden-rod Brindle

Account: Local on moorland, upland scrub and open woodland, from Warwickshire, Shropshire and central Wales to Sutherland. Between 26 August and 9 September 1954 about 20 were caught in scattered places in south-east and central England, and several more were reported near the coasts of Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Cumbria in September 1973 and late August 1976, all of which were immigrants, probably from Germany Larva feeds on Heather, Bilberry, Cowberry, Bearberry, Bog-myrtle, Creeping Willow and Silver Birch, over-wintering as an egg.

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: 45 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 27 Aug (1954) — 1 Sep (1954)

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

Foodplant:

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/xylena-solidaginis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 1954

Latest Year: 1954

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