Species Details

ABH: 73.276

BF: 2166

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Sideridis rivularis

Authority: (Fabricius, 1775)

Vernacular: Campion

Account: Common in a wide range of habitats, including roadside verges, damp meadows, moorland and sea cliffs throughout the British Isles. The main confusion species is Lychnis H. bicruris, which see for difference. Larva feeds on seeds of White Campion, Red Campion, Sea Campion and Ragged Robin.

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: 30 — 36 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Apr (2002) — 12 Sep (1990)

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: 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/sideridis-rivularis/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 429

Individuals: 71

Earliest Year: 1895

Latest Year: 2024

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