Species Details

ABH: 73.168

BF: 2336

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Lateroligia ophiogramma

Authority: (Esper, 1794)

Vernacular: Double Lobed

Account: Local in fens, marshes, water meadows, damp woodland and gardens throughout much of the British Isles Generally the easiest of the Oligia group to identify. The larva feeds within stems of various grasses, including Reed Canary-grass, Reed Sweet-grass, and Pampas-grass in more urban areas.

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 — 35 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 Jun (1970) — 27 Aug (1962)

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: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/lateroligia-ophiogramma/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 141

Individuals: 65

Earliest Year: 1902

Latest Year: 2020

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