Lunar Yellow Underwing (Noctua orbona) - iMoths


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Lunar Yellow Underwing
Noctua orbona (Hufnagel, 1766)
Noctuidae : Noctuinae

2108 / 73.344
Biodiversity Action Plan [BAP] Priority Species.

Photo © Marc Botham, Broughton Down, Hampshire 2021

Similar Upper Thames Species
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba

Lesser Yellow Underwing
Noctua comes

Foodplant:	Grasses and small herbaceous plants
Red List:	Least Concern (LC)
GB Status:	Nationally Scarce
Former Status:	Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade: Adult: 3

Historical records only. Has undergone a major national decline and now most likely extinct in the region.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 6 (8%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1750.
Last Recorded in 1936.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date	#	VC	10k Area
1936	+	22	SU66 - Burghfield Common / Mortimer
01/01/1896 to 31/12/1901	+	22	SP40 - Wolvercote, Wytham, Wootton
01/01/1896 to 31/12/1901	+	22	SU49 - Marcham / Abingdon (W)
01/01/1896 to 31/12/1901	+	22	SU59 - Abingdon(E), Didcot(N), Culham
01/01/1850 to 31/12/1906	+	22	SP40 - Wolvercote, Wytham, Wootton

Further info: Noctua orbona

	UK Moths		Mothdissection UK
	Lepiforum.de		Upper Thames Moths (Full)