Species Details

ABH: 73.361

BF: 2128

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Xestia triangulum

Authority: (Hufnagel, 1766)

Vernacular: Double Square-spot

Account: Common in deciduous woodland, hedgerows and gardens throughout the British Isles, where it is far more frequent than the superficially similar Triple-spotted Clay X. ditrapezium. Larva feeds on Meadow Buttercup, Primrose, Cow Parsley and Wood Spurge.

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: 36 — 46 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 28 May (1989) — 24 Aug (1962)

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: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/xestia-triangulum/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 918

Individuals: 539

Earliest Year: 1840

Latest Year: 2024

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