Species Details

ABH: 73.069

BF: 2243

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Psaphidinae

Taxon: Xylocampa areola

Authority: (Esper, 1789)

Vernacular: Early Grey

Account: Common in broad-leaved woodland, scrub, hedgerows and gardens throughout the British Isles. Larva feeds on Honeysuckle, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 32 — 40 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 Feb (2001) — 31 May (1991)

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

Foodplant: Lonicera sp.

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/xylocampa-areola/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 929

Individuals: 299

Earliest Year: 1897

Latest Year: 2025

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