Species Details

ABH: 73.212

BF: 2311

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Ipimorpha retusa

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: Double Kidney

Account: Local in damp woodland, fens, marshes, and along river-banks throughout much of England The most likely confusion species is Olive I. subtusa, which see for differences. Larva feeds on Sallow, Eared Willow, Grey Willow, Goat Willow and Black Poplar, over-wintering as an egg.

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: 26 — 32 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 26 Jun (2011) — 31 Aug (1962)

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

Foodplant: Salix cinerea (Grey Willow), Salix sp. (a sallow).

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: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/ipimorpha-retusa/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 146

Individuals: 62

Earliest Year: 1912

Latest Year: 2024

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