Species Details

ABH: 73.253

BF: 2178

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Hadeninae

Taxon: Tholera decimalis

Authority: (Poda, 1761)

Vernacular: Feathered Gothic

Account: Common on rough grassland, downland, woodland edges, parks and gardens throughout the British Isles, a species of conservation concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan The main confusion species is Bordered Gothic Heliophobus reticulata, but in Feathered Gothic the male has strongly bipectinate antenna; forewing darker brown; lines, other than subterminal, inconspicuous; flies late August to September. Larva feeds on various species of grass, including Mat-grass and Sheep's-fescue, over-wintering as an egg.

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: 38 — 48 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 7 Aug (1959) — 28 Sep (1904)

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

Foodplant: Gramineae.

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

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP: BAP(R)

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 402

Individuals: 224

Earliest Year: 1886

Latest Year: 2025

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