Species Details

ABH: 73.092

BF: 2387

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Caradrina morpheus

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1766)

Vernacular: Mottled Rustic

Account: Common in a wide range of low-land habitats, including grassland, farmland, heathland, scrub, woodland and gardens throughout the British Isles, a species of conservation concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Characterised by orbicular and reniform stigmata appearing blurred, without distinct edges. Larva feeds on Stinging Nettle, Curled Dock, Broad-leaved Dock, Goosefoot and Hedge Bedstraw, over-wintering in a cocoon.

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: 28 — 35 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 13 May (2011) — 28 Oct (1969)

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

Foodplant: Taraxacum officinale., Urtica sp.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP: BAP(R)

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/caradrina-morpheus/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 638

Individuals: 600

Earliest Year: 1903

Latest Year: 2024

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