Species Details

ABH: 73.205

BF: 2239

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Xyleninae

Taxon: Lithophane lamda

Authority: (Fabricius, 1787)

Vernacular: Nonconformist

Account: Rare immigrant from mainland Europe, appearing in south-eastern England, where recorded on a number of occasions in the 19th Century, mostly in Kent. The most recent records are of single captures at ivy-blossom in a locality near Cambridge in early October 1920 and 1938. The most likely confusion species is Conformist L. furcifera, which see for differences. Larva feeds on Bog-myrtle, Bilberry and Creeping Willow, no 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: 40 — 46 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: Rare migrant

UK BAP:

WCA:

No distribution map – Sensitive species!

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1866

Latest Year: 1866

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