Species Details

ABH: 73.259

BF: 2148

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Polia bombycina

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1766)

Vernacular: Pale Shining Brown

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in rough grassland, scrubby grassland, scrubby downland, open woodland and chalk and limestone districts in parts of southern England, a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on deciduous trees and shrubs and herbaceous plants.

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: 47 — 52 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 12 Jun (1963) — 28 Jul (1954)

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: Endangered (EN)

UK BAP: BAP

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 24

Individuals: 10

Earliest Year: 1904

Latest Year: 1976

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