Species Details

ABH: 73.255

BF: 2145

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Anarta trifolii

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1766)

Vernacular: Nutmeg

Account: Common in gardens, waste ground, downland, fens and open woodland throughout the British Isles. Main features are: subterminal line yellowish white with two teeth to the termen (which together make a clear W-mark), dorsal lobe of reniform stigma usually dark, orbicular stigma usually pale, claviform stigma outlined darker or completely dark; but variable and can be confused with f. obscura of Dusky Brocade Apamea remissa, as well as Confused Apamea furva. Larva feeds on various herbaceous plants, including Goosefoot and Orache, 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: 23 — 39 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 22 Apr (2011) — 28 Sep (1997)

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: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/anarta-trifolii/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 408

Individuals: 204

Earliest Year: 1904

Latest Year: 2024

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