Species Details

ABH: 73.304

BF: 2208

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Leucania loreyi

Authority: (Duponchel, 1827)

Vernacular: Cosmopolitan

Account: Fairly common immigrant from northern Europe, appearing in south-western England, in some years arriving in sufficient numbers to breed. Has increased over the course of the last fifteen years and continues to extend its range north-eastwards, probably as a result of the increase in temperatures in the region There is a diagnostic clear white point in the reniform stigma, mid way along the dark streak which runs from base of wing three-quarters of the way to the termen. Larva feeds on various grasses, including Cock's-foot, unable to over-winter in significant numbers.

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: 34 — 44 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 26 Aug (2006) — 6 Nov (1994)

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: Migrant

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/leucania-loreyi/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 5

Individuals: 4

Earliest Year: 1983

Latest Year: 2006

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