Species Details

ABH: 73.029

BF: 2414

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Acontiinae

Taxon: Emmelia trabealis

=Acontia trabealis

Authority: (Scopoli, 1763)

Vernacular: Spotted Sulphur

Account: Extinct in the British Isles, formerly in dry sandy areas, heaths and roadside verges in parts of Breckland and Kent. Formerly resident in East Anglia in Breckland, where not uncommon in the 1930s, but last reported at Mildenhall on 25 June 1960. Presumed immigrants have been recorded on the south coast, once at Exeter and again on 20 August 1947 at light in Swanage, Dorset. Unmistakable. Larva feeds on Field Bindweed, no recent 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: 23 — 25 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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: 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/acontia-trabealis/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 0

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