Species Details

ABH: 73.233

BF: 2232

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Aporophyla nigra

Authority: (Haworth, 1809)

Vernacular: Black Rustic

Account: Common on heathland, moorland, calcareous grassland, roadside verges, gardens and woodland rides throughout most of the British Isles. Larva feeds on various woody and herbaceous plants, including Tufted Hair-grass, Heather, Clover and Dock.

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: 40 — 46 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 19 Aug (1982) — 15 Nov (1992)

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

Foodplant: Gramineae, Polyphagous.

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/aporophyla-nigra/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 717

Individuals: 447

Earliest Year: 1908

Latest Year: 2025

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