Noctuidae
2081 Euxoa tritici - White-line Dart
Status: Surprisingly rare here.
Habitat/Food plant: Coastal sand dunes, cliffs, moorland etc. The larval food plants are wide ranging, including Corn Spurry, Ladies and Hedge Bedstraw and Mouse-ears.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying mainly in June and July.
Earliest date: 28th June 2011.
Latest date: 4th August 2003.
Peak count: Singles only.
2082 Euxoa nigricans - Garden Dart
Status: Rare.
Habitat/Food plant: Rough open ground, allotments, farmland etc. The larval food plants are varied but included Clovers, Docks and Plantains.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying mainly from July though till September.
Earliest date: 29th July 2005.
Latest date: 28th August 2001.
Peak count: Singles only.
2085 Agrotis vestigalis - Archer's Dart
Status: Rare.
Habitat/Food plant: Mainly coastal sand dunes. The larval food plants include Bedstraws, Stichworts and Sea Sandwort.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying mainly from July till September.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
2087 Agrotis segetum - Turnip Moth
Status: Common.
Habitat/Food plant: Varied in both habitat and dietary requirements.
Broods/flight period: Double brooded, though migrants can turn up at any time of year. In the UK they fly mainly between May and June and then again from August till October.
Earliest date: 6th May 2007.
Latest date: 29th November 2003.
Peak count: 13 moths, in 2008.
Status: Common and increasing.
Habitat/Food plant: Coastal sand dunes and and chalk downland. The larval food plants are varied, including Fat Hen, Broad-leaved Dock and Wild Carrot.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying mainly from June till early August.
Earliest date: 1st June in 2005 and 2011.
Latest date: 25th August 2004. August records are rare here, they usually fizzle out during July.
Peak count: 33 moths, in 2013.
Status: Common.
Habitat/Food plant: Anywhere on low ground, the larval food -plants vary, including Fat Hen and Ribwort Plantain.
Broods/flight period: Double brooded, flying mainly from May till August and then again in September.
Earliest date: 22nd April 2014.
Latest date: 30th September 2011.
Peak count: 159 moths, one night in 2007. Also 118 one night in 2009.
Status: Annual, can be regular during good migration weather, at other times not so.
Habitat/Food plant: Mainly coastal in the UK ... the larval food plants are varied.
Broods/flight period: Most numerous from July till October, but can show up at any time of year in good weather.
The approximate annual counts have been:
1999 = 3. 2000 = 10+. 2001 = 9. 2002 = 10. 2003 = 5. 2004 = 15. 2005 = 6. 2006 = 2007 = 20+. 2008 = 5. 2009 = 10. 2010 = 6. 2011 = 4. 2012 = 3.
2013 = 17. 2014 = 2. 2015 = 2. 2016 = 0. 2017 = 8. 2018 = 12. 2019 = 15. 2020 = 15. 2021 = 4. 2022 = 14. 2023 = 8. 2024 =
Earliest date: 12th January 2004.
Latest date: 25th November 2012.
Peak count: 3 moths, in 2006.
2092 Agrotis puta puta - Shuttle-shaped Dart
Status: Common.
Habitat/Food plant: Both are wide ranging.
Broods/flight period: At least two overlapping generations, on the wing mainly from April till October.
Earliest date: 9th April 2007.
Latest date: 20th November 2003.
Peak count: 29 moths, in 2011.
2093 Agrotis ripae - Sand Dart
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The second sighting of Sand Dart here, taken on 15th June 2022. The previous one taken twenty years prior was caught before I bought my first digital camera.
Status: Rare.
Habitat/Food plant: A moth of sandy beaches where the larvae feed on a wide range of plants found along the strand line including Prickly Saltwort, Sea Purslane, Annual Sea-blite, Common Orache and Sea Goosefoot.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying in June and July.
1999 - 2023 garden records: Two single moths, taken on 22nd June 2002 then 15th June 2022.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
2098 Axylia putris - Flame
Status: Common but showing much decline in recent years.
Habitat/Food plant: It is a widespread species feeding on lots of various plants.
Broods/flight period: Mainly single brooded, flying mainly in June and July. There can be a very small second generation in August some years.
1999 - 2023 garden records: Peak catches reach double figures most years.
Earliest date: 16th May 2011.
Latest date: 25th August in 2004 and 2013. Also second generation moths on 15th and 16th September 2014.
Peak count: 38 moths, in 2006.
2102 Ochropleaura plecta - Flame Shoulder
Status: Common but in massive decline recently.
Habitat/Food plant: Both wide ranging.
Broods/flight period: Double brooded, flying from May till October.
1999 - 2023 garden records: Catches vary greatly from year to year here where they rarely reach double figures, especially in the latter years. I took only one in each of the years 2020 and 2021.
Habitat/Food plant: A moth of sandy beaches where the larvae feed on a wide range of plants found along the strand line including Prickly Saltwort, Sea Purslane, Annual Sea-blite, Common Orache and Sea Goosefoot.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying in June and July.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
2098 Axylia putris - Flame
Status: Common but showing much decline in recent years.
Habitat/Food plant: It is a widespread species feeding on lots of various plants.
Broods/flight period: Mainly single brooded, flying mainly in June and July. There can be a very small second generation in August some years.
Earliest date: 16th May 2011.
Latest date: 25th August in 2004 and 2013. Also second generation moths on 15th and 16th September 2014.
Peak count: 38 moths, in 2006.
Status: Common but in massive decline recently.
Habitat/Food plant: Both wide ranging.
Broods/flight period: Double brooded, flying from May till October.
2020 = 1. 2021 = 1. 2022 = 9. 2023 = 4. 2024 =
Earliest date: 15th April 2007.
Latest date: 20th September 2003.
Peak count: 27 moths, on 11th August 2003.
Earliest date: 15th April 2007.
Latest date: 20th September 2003.
Peak count: 27 moths, on 11th August 2003.
2102a Ochropleaura leucogaster - Radford's Flame Shoulder
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Status: Rare migrant.
Habitat/Food plant: Various Trefoils and other low growing plants.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying from September till November.
1999 - 2024 garden records: One on 1st October 2024.
Earliest date: n/a
Latest date: n/a
Peak count: n/a
2105 Rhyacia simulans - Dotted Rustic
Status: Rare.
Habitat/Food plant: Open countryside, hedgerows and light woodland. The preferred larval food plant remains unknown.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying in June and July, then again (after aestavating) from late August till October.
1999 - 2023 garden records: Four records, all but one in the year 2000. They were 1 on 23/07/2000, 2 on 24/07/2000, 1 on 20/10/2000 and 1 on 11/08/14.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
2107 Noctua pronuba - Large Yellow Underwing
Status: Common, often numerous.
Habitat/Food plant: Lets just say it's hard to escape these things ... they eat anything too.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying mainly from June till October/November.
1999 - 2023 garden records: Can arrive in vast numbers, 100+ moths not too unusual ... it's a bit irritating if truth be known as they upset all the other moths in the trap.
Earliest date: 15th May 2007. Also of note, a rather silly one arrived on 10th February 2014.
Latest date: 5th December 2009.
Peak count: 136 moths, one night in 2006 ... yuk!
2109 Noctua comes - Lesser Yellow Underwing
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Status: Common.
Habitat/Food plant: Both wide ranging.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying mainly between June and September/October.
1999 - 2023 garden records: Large arrivals annual here, 30's, 40's, 50+'s etc.
Earliest date: 5th June 2004.
Latest date: 9th December 2009.
Peak count: 81 moths, one night in 2004.
2110 Noctua fimbriata - Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
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Status: Annual in small numbers.
Habitat/Food plant: Occurring in lots of places and feeding on lots of things.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying from July, then after hiding away (sounds like me?) emerges again in September and October.
1999 - 2023 garden records: Never numerous here.
Earliest date: 22nd June 2004.
Latest date: 1st October 2015.
Peak count: 6 moths, in 2004.
2110a Noctua janthina - Langmaid's Yellow Underwing
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Status: Annual in recent years.
Habitat/Food plant: Not properly understood but very likely to be similar to N.janthe.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, on the wing in July and August.
1999 - 2023 garden records:
The annual counts have been:
1999 = 0. 2000 = 0. 2001 = 0. 2002 = 0. 2003 = 0. 2004 = 1. 2005 = 2. 2006 = 3. 2007 = 1. 2008 = 3. 2009 = 10. 2010 = 2. 2011 = 2. 2012 = 3.
2013 = 4. 2014 = 3. 2015 = 2. 2016 = 2. 2017 = 4. 2018 = 9. 2019 = 15. 2010 = 18. 2021 = 6. 2022 = 13+ 2023 = 13. 2024 =
Earliest date: 26th June 2017.
Latest date: 16th August 2004.
Peak count: 2 on 2nd August 2018.
2111 Noctua janthe - Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Status: Common.
Habitat/Food plant: Wide ranging.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying from July till September/October.
1999 - 2023 garden records: Often arriving in large numbers, twenties, thirties and even forty plus.
Earliest date: 26th June 2002.
Latest date: 5th October 2011 in usual years though one did show up totally out of the blue on 7th November 2015.
Peak count: 86 moths, one night in 2004.
2112 Noctua interjecta - Least Yellow Underwing
Status: Catches have been a bit up and down here over the years.
Habitat/Food plant: Wide ranging.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying from July till August/September.
1999 - 2023 garden records: Annual numbers have ranged from c.30 in 2003 to none at all in 2012 and 2021.
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Habitat/Food plant: Various Trefoils and other low growing plants.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying from September till November.
Earliest date: n/a
Latest date: n/a
Peak count: n/a
One taken on 11th August 2014, the first capture for fourteen years.
Status: Rare.
Habitat/Food plant: Open countryside, hedgerows and light woodland. The preferred larval food plant remains unknown.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying in June and July, then again (after aestavating) from late August till October.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
2107 Noctua pronuba - Large Yellow Underwing
Status: Common, often numerous.
Habitat/Food plant: Lets just say it's hard to escape these things ... they eat anything too.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying mainly from June till October/November.
Earliest date: 15th May 2007. Also of note, a rather silly one arrived on 10th February 2014.
Latest date: 5th December 2009.
Peak count: 136 moths, one night in 2006 ... yuk!
Status: Common.
Habitat/Food plant: Both wide ranging.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying mainly between June and September/October.
Earliest date: 5th June 2004.
Latest date: 9th December 2009.
Peak count: 81 moths, one night in 2004.
They come in a few variations of plumage, above are the two extremes.
Status: Annual in small numbers.
Habitat/Food plant: Occurring in lots of places and feeding on lots of things.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying from July, then after hiding away (sounds like me?) emerges again in September and October.
Earliest date: 22nd June 2004.
Latest date: 1st October 2015.
Peak count: 6 moths, in 2004.
A more obvious specimen, it being 'very' dark
The 'bull necked' appearance often gives them away without checking the underwing/hindwings etc.
Status: Annual in recent years.
Habitat/Food plant: Not properly understood but very likely to be similar to N.janthe.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, on the wing in July and August.
The annual counts have been:
1999 = 0. 2000 = 0. 2001 = 0. 2002 = 0. 2003 = 0. 2004 = 1. 2005 = 2. 2006 = 3. 2007 = 1. 2008 = 3. 2009 = 10. 2010 = 2. 2011 = 2. 2012 = 3.
2013 = 4. 2014 = 3. 2015 = 2. 2016 = 2. 2017 = 4. 2018 = 9. 2019 = 15. 2010 = 18. 2021 = 6. 2022 = 13+ 2023 = 13. 2024 =
Earliest date: 26th June 2017.
Latest date: 16th August 2004.
Peak count: 2 on 2nd August 2018.
2111 Noctua janthe - Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Status: Common.
Habitat/Food plant: Wide ranging.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying from July till September/October.
Earliest date: 26th June 2002.
Latest date: 5th October 2011 in usual years though one did show up totally out of the blue on 7th November 2015.
Peak count: 86 moths, one night in 2004.
Status: Catches have been a bit up and down here over the years.
Habitat/Food plant: Wide ranging.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying from July till August/September.
2021 = 0. 2022 = 6. 2023 = 2. 2024 =
Earliest date: 7th July 2000.
Latest date: 9th September 2004.
Peak count: Up to four moths in both 2003 and 2004.
2117 Eugnorisma glareosa - Autumnal Rustic
Status: Rare.
Habitat/Food plant: Wide ranging, using open grassland, shingle beaches , even light woodland. The larval food plants include Heather, Bedstraws, Bluebells, Birches and Sallow scrub ... also grasses.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying from August till October.
1999 - 2023 garden records: Two records here, on 2nd October 2013 and 10th October 2017.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
2118 Lycophotia porphyrea - True Lover's Knot
Status: Rare.
Habitat/Food plant: A heathland species where the larval stage feeds on Heather and Heath.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying from June till August.
1999 - 2023 garden records: One, taken on 14th July 2018.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
2119 Peridroma saucia - Pearly Underwing
Status: Irregular migrant, taken most years in small numbers.
Habitat/Food plant: Can occur anywhere, the larval food plants are varied and include Clovers, Docks, Dandelion, Cabbage and Rape.
Broods/flight period: Can show up at pretty much any time of the year, though most regular in September and October.
1999 - 2023 garden records: Always notable here (bar 2006 perhaps) they have appeared during most months of the year.
The annual counts have been:
1999 = 1. 2000 = 1. 2001 = 1. 2002 = 3. 2003 = 5. 2004 = 3. 2005 = 1. 2006 = 20+ 2007 = 7. 2008 = 0. 2009 = 2. 2010 = 1. 2011 = 1. 2012 = 1.
2013 = 1. 2014 = 2. 2015 = 2. 2016 = 0. 2017 = 5. 2018 = 0. 2019 = 2. 2020 = 0. 2021 = 3. 2022 = 5. 2023 = 13. 2024 =
Earliest date: 29th January 2007.
Latest date: 13th November 2006.
Peak count: Up to two moths, in 2006.
2120 Diarsia mendica mendica - Ingrailed Clay
Status: Rare.
Habitat/Food plant: Woodland, the larval food plants include Primrose, Violets etc also Heather, Hawthorn, Bilberry, Sallow etc.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying in June and July.
1999 - 2023 garden records: One record, taken on 27th May 2001.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
2123 Diarsia rubi - Small Square-spot
Status: Fairly common, then disappearing completely from 2010.
Habitat/Food plant: It occurs pretty much anywhere, the larval food plants are varied but include common plants such as Dandelion, Docks and Foxgloves etc.
Broods/flight period: Double brooded, on the wing from May till June then again in August and September.
1999 - 2023 garden records: A once common species, showing up in decent numbers in both broods, which disappeared completely in 2010 for reasons unknown? After taking none for three years (2010,11 and 12) 3 moths showed up in the autumn brood of 2013 and small numbers occurred annually afterwards, so hopefully they will return to their former glory?
Earliest date: 7th July 2000.
Latest date: 9th September 2004.
Peak count: Up to four moths in both 2003 and 2004.
Status: Rare.
Habitat/Food plant: Wide ranging, using open grassland, shingle beaches , even light woodland. The larval food plants include Heather, Bedstraws, Bluebells, Birches and Sallow scrub ... also grasses.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying from August till October.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
2118 Lycophotia porphyrea - True Lover's Knot
Status: Rare.
Habitat/Food plant: A heathland species where the larval stage feeds on Heather and Heath.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying from June till August.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
2119 Peridroma saucia - Pearly Underwing
Status: Irregular migrant, taken most years in small numbers.
Habitat/Food plant: Can occur anywhere, the larval food plants are varied and include Clovers, Docks, Dandelion, Cabbage and Rape.
Broods/flight period: Can show up at pretty much any time of the year, though most regular in September and October.
The annual counts have been:
1999 = 1. 2000 = 1. 2001 = 1. 2002 = 3. 2003 = 5. 2004 = 3. 2005 = 1. 2006 = 20+ 2007 = 7. 2008 = 0. 2009 = 2. 2010 = 1. 2011 = 1. 2012 = 1.
2013 = 1. 2014 = 2. 2015 = 2. 2016 = 0. 2017 = 5. 2018 = 0. 2019 = 2. 2020 = 0. 2021 = 3. 2022 = 5. 2023 = 13. 2024 =
Earliest date: 29th January 2007.
Latest date: 13th November 2006.
Peak count: Up to two moths, in 2006.
2120 Diarsia mendica mendica - Ingrailed Clay
Status: Rare.
Habitat/Food plant: Woodland, the larval food plants include Primrose, Violets etc also Heather, Hawthorn, Bilberry, Sallow etc.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying in June and July.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
2123 Diarsia rubi - Small Square-spot
Status: Fairly common, then disappearing completely from 2010.
Habitat/Food plant: It occurs pretty much anywhere, the larval food plants are varied but include common plants such as Dandelion, Docks and Foxgloves etc.
Broods/flight period: Double brooded, on the wing from May till June then again in August and September.
2023 = 9. 2024 =
Earliest date: 12th May 2024.
Latest date: 9th October 2008.
Peak count: 9 moths, in 2008.
2126 Xestia c-nigrum - Setaceous Hebrew Character
Status: Common.
Habitat/Food plant: Occurs in most places, the larval stage eating various herbaceous plants.
Broods/flight period: Double brooded, a smaller generation on the wing from May till July then a larger one from August till October.
1999 - 2023 garden records: Catches can often be large, 50+ moths or more.
Earliest date: 5th May 2011.
Latest date: 10th November 2013.
Peak count: 112 moths, one night in 2009.
2127 Xestia ditrapezium - Triple-spotted Clay
Status: Rare.
Habitat/Food plant: Woodland and Parkland where the larval stages feed on Birch, Sallow and Bramble.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying in July.
1999 - 2023 garden records: One record, taken on 12th July 2016.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
2128 Xestia triangulum - Double Square-spot
Status: A low level/non annual visitor.
Habitat/Food plant: Woodland, hedgerows, open country etc ... the larval food plants are varied but include Buttercups, Primrose, Cow Parsley, Wood Spurge, Blackthorn, Hawthorn and Raspberry.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying from June till August.
1999 - 2023 garden records:
The annual counts have been:
1999 = 0. 2000 = 0. 2001 = 1. 2002 = 2. 2003 = 0. 2004 = 2. 2005 = 0. 2006 = 2. 2007 = 1. 2008 = 5. 2009 = 7. 2010 = 0. 2011 = 2. 2012 = 0.
2013 = 2. 2014 = 2. 2015 = 4. 2016 = 1. 2017 = 1. 2018 = 1. 2019 = 1. 2020 = 0. 2021 = 0. 2022 = 0. 2023 = 0. 2024 =
Earliest date: 16th June 2017.
Latest date: 29th July 2001.
Peak count: 2 on 28th June 2008.
2133 Xestia sexstrigata - Six-striped Rustic
Status: Notable.
Habitat/Food plant: Wet meadows, marshes, damp woodland ... the larval food plants include Hedge Bedstraw, Ribwort Plantain, Bramble, Bluebell and Water Figwort.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying in July and August.
1999 - 2023 garden records: An irregular species here.
The annual counts have been:
1999 = 0. 2000 = 0. 2001 = 1. 2002 = 0. 2003 = 1. 2004 = 0. 2005 = 0. 2006 = 2. 2007 = 1. 2008 = 0. 2009 = 2. 2010 = 1. 2011 = 1. 2012 = 0.
2013 = 1. 2014 = 0. 2015 = 0. 2016 = 0. 2017 = 0. 2018 = 0. 2019 = 0. 2020 = 0. 2021 = 0. 2022 = 0. 2023 = 0. 2024 =
Earliest date: 4th August 2001.
Latest date: 26th August in both 2006 and 2009.
Peak count: Singles only.
2134 Xestia xanthographa - Square-spot Rustic
Status: Common.
Habitat/Food plant: Grasslands, the main food plants are grasses but the larvae will also accept Cleavers and Plantains.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying from July till October.
1999 - 2023 garden records: Large catches are regular with these, 40 - 50 or more at times.
Earliest date: 4th June 2000.
Latest date: 20th October 2012.
Peak count: 79 moths, in 2001.
2137 Eurios occulta - Great Brocade
Status: Rare migrant.
Habitat/Food plant: Rivers, boggy areas, broadleaved woodland etc. The larval food plant is stated as mainly Bog Myrtle, though it will accept a few other plants.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying in July and August.
1999 - 2023 garden records: Two records here, on 14th August 2006 and 17th August 2006.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
2138 Anaplectoides prasina - Green Arches
Status: Rare.
Habitat/Food plant: Broadleaved woodland, the larval food plants are wide ranging including Primrose, Docks, Honeysuckle, Bramble and Bilberry.
Broods/flight period: One generation, flying in July and August.
1999 - 2023 garden records: One record here, on 15th August 2005.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
Cerastis leucographa - White-marked
Status: Rare.
Habitat/Food plant: A moth of open broadleaved woodland, old hedgerows and scrub. The larval food plants are unknown though in captivity the caterpillars will eat Stitchwort, Docks, Sallow, Oak etc.
Broods/flight period: One generation, flying from late March into April.
1999 - 2023 garden records: One record here, taken on 1st April 2014. This capture could possibly be only the third Kent record in recent times after moths taken in Lydd on 4th April 1999, in the Herne Bay area (by Barry Hunt) in April 2009 and my one in April 2014. The only other Kent record I can find is of one way back in 1912.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
Earliest date: 12th May 2024.
Latest date: 9th October 2008.
Peak count: 9 moths, in 2008.
2126 Xestia c-nigrum - Setaceous Hebrew Character
Status: Common.
Habitat/Food plant: Occurs in most places, the larval stage eating various herbaceous plants.
Broods/flight period: Double brooded, a smaller generation on the wing from May till July then a larger one from August till October.
Earliest date: 5th May 2011.
Latest date: 10th November 2013.
Peak count: 112 moths, one night in 2009.
2127 Xestia ditrapezium - Triple-spotted Clay
I actually caught the above in July of 2016 but thought it to be a Double Square Spot at the time. It wasn't until July of 2018 that I identified the moth properly after seeing an on-line identification paper showing the two confusion species (X. ditrapezium and X triangulum) side by side. The clinching factors are the narrow wing shape, the purple suffusion and the fact that the right hand wing overlaps the left hand wing marking.
Status: Rare.
Habitat/Food plant: Woodland and Parkland where the larval stages feed on Birch, Sallow and Bramble.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying in July.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
2128 Xestia triangulum - Double Square-spot
Status: A low level/non annual visitor.
Habitat/Food plant: Woodland, hedgerows, open country etc ... the larval food plants are varied but include Buttercups, Primrose, Cow Parsley, Wood Spurge, Blackthorn, Hawthorn and Raspberry.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying from June till August.
The annual counts have been:
1999 = 0. 2000 = 0. 2001 = 1. 2002 = 2. 2003 = 0. 2004 = 2. 2005 = 0. 2006 = 2. 2007 = 1. 2008 = 5. 2009 = 7. 2010 = 0. 2011 = 2. 2012 = 0.
2013 = 2. 2014 = 2. 2015 = 4. 2016 = 1. 2017 = 1. 2018 = 1. 2019 = 1. 2020 = 0. 2021 = 0. 2022 = 0. 2023 = 0. 2024 =
Earliest date: 16th June 2017.
Latest date: 29th July 2001.
Peak count: 2 on 28th June 2008.
2133 Xestia sexstrigata - Six-striped Rustic
Status: Notable.
Habitat/Food plant: Wet meadows, marshes, damp woodland ... the larval food plants include Hedge Bedstraw, Ribwort Plantain, Bramble, Bluebell and Water Figwort.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying in July and August.
The annual counts have been:
1999 = 0. 2000 = 0. 2001 = 1. 2002 = 0. 2003 = 1. 2004 = 0. 2005 = 0. 2006 = 2. 2007 = 1. 2008 = 0. 2009 = 2. 2010 = 1. 2011 = 1. 2012 = 0.
2013 = 1. 2014 = 0. 2015 = 0. 2016 = 0. 2017 = 0. 2018 = 0. 2019 = 0. 2020 = 0. 2021 = 0. 2022 = 0. 2023 = 0. 2024 =
Earliest date: 4th August 2001.
Latest date: 26th August in both 2006 and 2009.
Peak count: Singles only.
2134 Xestia xanthographa - Square-spot Rustic
Status: Common.
Habitat/Food plant: Grasslands, the main food plants are grasses but the larvae will also accept Cleavers and Plantains.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying from July till October.
Earliest date: 4th June 2000.
Latest date: 20th October 2012.
Peak count: 79 moths, in 2001.
2137 Eurios occulta - Great Brocade
Status: Rare migrant.
Habitat/Food plant: Rivers, boggy areas, broadleaved woodland etc. The larval food plant is stated as mainly Bog Myrtle, though it will accept a few other plants.
Broods/flight period: Single brooded, flying in July and August.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
2138 Anaplectoides prasina - Green Arches
Status: Rare.
Habitat/Food plant: Broadleaved woodland, the larval food plants are wide ranging including Primrose, Docks, Honeysuckle, Bramble and Bilberry.
Broods/flight period: One generation, flying in July and August.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
Cerastis leucographa - White-marked
A very rare moth in this part of the world, perhaps only the third Kent record in over 100 years at the time of capture?
Status: Rare.
Habitat/Food plant: A moth of open broadleaved woodland, old hedgerows and scrub. The larval food plants are unknown though in captivity the caterpillars will eat Stitchwort, Docks, Sallow, Oak etc.
Broods/flight period: One generation, flying from late March into April.
Earliest date: n/a.
Latest date: n/a.
Peak count: n/a.
