Species Details

ABH: 72.075

BF: 2455a

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Erebinae

Taxon: Catocala nymphagoga

Authority: (Esper, 1787)

Vernacular: Oak Yellow Underwing

Account: Very rare immigrant (less than 10 previous UK records) from southern Europe, appearing in southern Britain five times: at Tregaron, Cardiganshire on 28 July 1982; Denny Lodge, New Forest, Hampshire on 31 July 1982; Buckingham Palace on 4 September 2002; Holcombe, Devon on 26 August 2005; and Carshalton, Surrey on 15 July 2007. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 39-46 mm. Larva feeds on Oak, no evidence of breeding in the UK.

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: 39 — 46 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 10 Jul (2023) — 18 Aug (2024)

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: Vagrant/Accidental

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 3 — Difficult to identify 🤔🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/catocala-nymphagoga/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 5

Individuals: 4

Earliest Year: 2007

Latest Year: 2025

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