Species Details

ABH: 73.159

BF: 2331

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Apamea unanimis

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: Small Clouded Brindle

Account: Common in marshes, river-banks, damp woodland and damp grassland throughout most of Britain, but absent from northern Scotland. Widespread and moderately common in Hampshire, but very scarce on the Isle of Wight, where not seen since 1900. Wingspan 30-38 mm. Larva feeds on grasses such as Reed Canary-grass and Wavy Hair-grass.

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: 30 — 38 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 May (1997) — 5 Jul (1958)

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

Foodplant: Carex sp. (a sedge), Gramineae., Phalaris arundinacea (Reed Canary-grass).

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/apamea-unanimis/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 131

Individuals: 47

Earliest Year: 1883

Latest Year: 2019

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