Species Details

ABH: 73.039

BF: 2279

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Acronictinae

Taxon: Acronicta aceris

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Sycamore

Account: Local in parks, gardens, woodland and scrub throughout southern England The main confusion species are Poplar Grey A. megacephala and Sweet Gale Moth A. euphorbiae, but has characteristic S-shaped subterminal band of pale grey blocks. Larva feeds on Horse-chestnut, Sycamore and Field Maple, 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: 41 — 49 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 27 Apr (2007) — 19 Aug (2000)

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

Foodplant: Acer campestre (Field Maple), Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore), Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse-chestnut).

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/acronicta-aceris/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 489

Individuals: 62

Earliest Year: 1895

Latest Year: 2024

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