Species Details

ABH: 73.054

BF: 2218

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Cuculliinae

Taxon: Cucullia gnaphalii

=Cucullia gnaphalii occidentalis

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: Cudweed

Account: Extinct in the British Isles, formerly confined to south-eastern England, where it was most frequently noted from Sussex and Kent; also known from Hampshire, Surrey and Essex. Although there have been no recent records from these counties, there was a record from Oxfordshire in the 1970s, which indicates that the species may have ranged further to the north than had previously been thought (MBGBI Vol 10) Larva feeds on flowers and leaves of Goldenrod, 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: 38 — 44 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Solidago virga-aurea.

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

Status: Regionally Extinct (RE)

UK BAP:

WCA:

No distribution map – Sensitive species!

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cucullia-gnaphalii/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1892

Latest Year: 1930

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