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73.266 BF2159  – Dog's Tooth  – Lacanobia suasa  – ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Adult Macro:  CAT 3 – Difficult to identify – Quality set of photographs required – Difficult to identify /Very rare/Scarce (includes very scarce adventives/immigrants)/County-level first records      
PDF Icon – click for Adult Macro Verification Guidelines Verification Notes: Last recorded 1989 – Set to CAT3


Brown –  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant    
Taxonomy:   Macro  >>.  >>  Noctuidae  >> Hadeninae
** Photograph required **
ID Difficulty:  amber  – care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely – quality photographs required.
Confusion Species:  Pale-shouldered Brocade; Bright-line Brown-eye
Distribution:  (First record: 1905 at Repton )  –  (Last record: 1989 at Sawley, Long Eaton )  –  Rare vagrant and last recorded in Derbyshire on 1/7/1989 from Sawlwy, Long Eaton – DaNES Historical.
General Comment: None
Flight Period: May /  June /  August /  September –  May- June then August – September Moth Activity: Nocturnal   – but can be disturbed during the day Photographed: No –  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 14 January 2026 by TD ***
Wingspan: 32-37mm
Forewing: 15-20mm
Food Plant: Dock (Rumex) and Plantain (Plantago).
Last Recorded Year: 1989
First Recorded Year: 1905
Last Recorded By – DaNES Historical
Last Recorded General Area – Sawley, Long Eaton

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Temporal Distribution Chart
Adults: (between 1984 - 1989)
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Distribution Map for Lacanobia suasa

Found 3 records
    ↳ from 2026+
    ↳ from 2020 - 2025
    ↳ 3 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Lacanobia suasa

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Lacanobia suasa
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Monthly Counts By Year: Lacanobia suasa
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only )

First/Last Recorded Dates: Lacanobia suasa
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Lacanobia suasa
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Lacanobia suasa
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
Lacanobia suasa
Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2026

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Lacanobia suasa
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Lacanobia suasa

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 2020-2026.

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

Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns

Site NameTetradDateCountStageRecorderSourceRecordKey
Wilmot St, Sawley, Long EatonSK43R01/07/19891AdultA. Braddockvc57_danes_bc_dataLC000334001OITMU
Shardlow Hall, Shardlow, Long EatonSK43F29/06/19841AdultVC57 Derbyshire Recordervc57_danes_bc_dataLC000334001OIQLW
Shardlow Hall, Shardlow, Long EatonSK43F29/06/19841AdultR.H. Dumelowvc57_danes_bc_dataLC000334001WOMXL

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