Species Details

ABH: 73.266

BF: 2159

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Lacanobia suasa

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Dog's Tooth

Account: Local in saltmarshes, grassland, moorland and farmland throughout England, including Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, and virtually confined to the coast, with only a thin scattering of records inland. Wingspan 32-42 mm. Diagnostic feature is a distinct, often solid, dark tooth-like mark in centre of forewing (MBGBI Vol 9). Larva feeds on various herbaceous plants, including Common Sea-lavender, Greater Plantain and Goosefoot, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 32 — 42 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 4 May (1953) — 27 Aug (1970)

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

Foodplant: Plantago sp., Rumex sp. (a dock).

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/lacanobia-suasa/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 67

Individuals: 98

Earliest Year: 1950

Latest Year: 2003

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