73.337 BF2140 - White-marked - Noctuidae - Cerastis leucographa

73.337 BF2140 – Noctuidae – Noctuinae – Cerastis leucographa – White-marked

Adult Macro: CAT 1 – Distinctive species unlikely to be confused with others –

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– Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant

Taxonomy: Macro >> . . >> Noctuidae >> Noctuinae

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ID Difficulty: green

– easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.

Distribution: (First record: 29 March 2007 ) – (Last record: 29 March 2007 ) – A rare vagrant with one county record from 29th March 2007.

Flight Period: March / April / – An early spring species – March – April

Moth Activity: Nocturnal – is attracted to light and various flowers

Photographed: No – Photographed By: Not Recorded

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

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Wingspan: 34-38mm
Forewing: 14-16mm

Food Plant: Sallow (Salix).

Last Recorded By – Not Recorded

Last Recorded General Area – Not Recorded

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Distribution Map for Cerastis leucographa

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Found 1 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 0 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 1 from Before 2020

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Monthly Records By Year: Cerastis leucographa

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Monthly Counts By Year: Cerastis leucographa

Recordings By Year: Cerastis leucographa

Cerastis leucographa

Insufficient records/data for a trend analysis

Years Analysed: 2000 – 2024

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Cerastis leucographa

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Cerastis leucographa

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 - Cerastis leucographa – 1 records available

Listed by Year - descending

Taxon	Site Name	Tetrad	Year	Date	Count	Stage
Cerastis leucographa	Brierley Hill,Unstone	SK37S	2007	29/03/2007	1	Adult