73.265 BF2156 - Beautiful Brocade - Noctuidae - Lacanobia contigua

73.265 BF2156 – Noctuidae – Hadeninae – Lacanobia contigua – Beautiful Brocade

Adult Macro: CAT 2 – Can be confused with other species –

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– Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant

Taxonomy: Macro >> . . >> Noctuidae >> Hadeninae

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ID Difficulty: amber

– care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely – quality photographs required.
Confusion Species: Pale-shouldered Brocade, Light Brocade, Dog’s Tooth

ID pointers: As the name suggest the shoulders of this moth are distinctively a pale cream.A broad forewing with a curved leading edge. The ground colour is a reddish brown with contrasting cream oval and kidney mark and a light dusting across the rest of the wing. The outer cross line is white with a “W” mark towards the middle. There is a small and thin black shaped bar that runs through the central cross band near the inner edge

Distribution: (First record: 29 June 1987 at Matlock ) – (Last record: 1 June 2018 at Hathersage ) – First recorded from 1987. Recorded by B.Statham 29/6/1987 – Matlock. Records since are as follows – Ault Hucknall 17/6/2005; Biggin Dale 12/6/2010; Millers Dale Station Quarry 19/5/2018 and Hathersage 1/6/2018.

Flight Period: May / June / July / – On the wing May – July

Moth Activity: Nocturnal – is attracted to light and sugar

Photographed: No – Photographed By: Not Recorded

*** Last updated on 6 May 2025 by RP ***

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Wingspan: 36-42mm
Forewing: 16-19mm

Food Plant: Trees, bushes, herbaceous plants.

Last Recorded Year: 2018

Last Recorded By – The late Claire Miles

Last Recorded General Area – Hathersage

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Distribution Map for Lacanobia contigua

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Found 3 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 0 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 3 from Before 2020

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Monthly Records By Year: Lacanobia contigua

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Monthly Counts By Year: Lacanobia contigua

Recordings By Year: Lacanobia contigua

Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Lacanobia contigua

AGR: 0% | Total % Change: 0%

Years Analysed: 2000 – 2024

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Lacanobia contigua

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Lacanobia contigua

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Lacanobia contigua – 3 records available

Listed by Year - descending

Taxon	Site Name	Tetrad	Year	Date	Count	Stage
Lacanobia contigua	Biggin Dale, nr Hartington	SK15P	2010	12/06/2010	1	Adult
Lacanobia contigua	Ault Hucknall, Glapwell	SK46S	2005	17/06/2005	1	Adult
Lacanobia contigua	Far Cross,Cavendish Park,Matlock	SK36A	1987	29/06/1987	1	Adult