Species Details

ABH: 72.066

BF: 2475

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Boletobiinae

Taxon: Parascotia fuliginaria

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: Waved Black

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in damp woodland and log-piles in parts of southern England Although the species is unmistakable once known, it is a rather atypical noctuid, more resembling a geometer superficially. Larva feeds communally on bracket fungi growing on decaying logs in damp woodland.

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: 25 — 31 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 Jun (2017) — 20 Aug (1987)

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

Foodplant: Fungi.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/parascotia-fuliginaria/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 466

Individuals: 669

Earliest Year: 1864

Latest Year: 2025

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