Species Details

ABH: 73.346

BF: 2112

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Noctua interjecta

=Noctua interjecta caliginosa

Authority: Hübner, [1803]

Vernacular: Least Yellow Underwing

Account: Common in hedgerows, gardens, fens, sand-dunes and other open areas throughout England and Wales. The least frequent of the five common Noctua species. Larva feeds on various grasses, and herbaceous plants such as Meadowsweet, Common Mallow and Hawthorn.

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: 31 — 36 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 3 Jul (1976) — 21 Sep (1993)

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

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

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/noctua-interjecta/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 429

Individuals: 93

Earliest Year: 1902

Latest Year: 2024

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