Species Details

ABH: 74.001

BF: 2075

Family: Nolidae

Subfamily: Nolinae

Taxon: Meganola strigula

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Small Black Arches

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) in oak woodland in southern England Similar to Least Black Arches N. confusalis, but Small Black Arches lacks the prominent dentations on the median fascia of forewing (MBGBI Vol 9). Larva feeds on Pedunculate Oak.

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: 18 — 24 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 13 Jun (2014) — 20 Jul (2015)

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

Foodplant: Quercus sp. (an oak).

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/meganola-strigula/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 32

Individuals: 58

Earliest Year: 1918

Latest Year: 2015

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