Species Details

ABH: 73.012

BF: 2434

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Plusiinae

Taxon: Diachrysia chrysitis

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Burnished Brass

Account: Common in a wide variety of habitats, including gardens, hedgerows, river-banks, fens, woodland edges and rough grassland throughout the British Isles. Superficially resembles the rare immigrant Slender Burnished Brass Thysanoplusia orichalcea and nationally scarce Scarce Burnished Brass Diachrysia chryson, which see for differences. Larva feeds on Stinging Nettle, White Dead-nettle, Wild Marjoram, Lesser Burdock and Spear Thistle.

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: 35 — 43 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 18 May (1964) — 12 Oct (1979)

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

Foodplant: Urtica sp.

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/diachrysia-chrysitis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1020

Individuals: 343

Earliest Year: 1840

Latest Year: 2024

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