73.263 BF2157 - Light Brocade - Noctuidae - Lacanobia w-latinum
73.263 BF2157  – Light Brocade  – Lacanobia w-latinum  – (Hufnagel, 1766)
Adult Macro:  CAT 2 – Can be confused with other species – Good photographs may be required – Can be confused with other species      
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Brown –  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant    
Taxonomy:   Macro  >>.  >>  Noctuidae  >> Hadeninae
ID Difficulty:  green  – easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.
ID pointers: A very diagnostic and unmistakable species.
Distribution:  (First record: 25 May 2019 at Sandiacre )  –  (Last record: 24 May 2023 at Belper )  –  Current status unsure, as no previous records published prior to 2018. The latest specimen was trapped in a Belper garden on 24th May 2023. It appears the first county record may well have been one trapped in Sandiacre on 25th May 2019. A further one trapped at Breaston on 6th June 2021. Classed as reasonably common south of the Midlands, but rare elsewhere. I would suggest this is a rare species in Derbyshire.
General Comment: None
Flight Period: May /  June /  July –  On the wing May – July Moth Activity: Nocturnal  Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Ian Viles, Dave Evans, Steve Thorpe  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 2 October 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 37-42mm
Forewing: 18-21mm
Food Plant: Broom (Cytisus scoparius), Dyer’s Greenweed (Genista tinctoria).
Last Recorded Year: 2023
First Recorded Year: 2019
Last Recorded By – Dave Evans
Last Recorded General Area – Belper

Selected Images:  Sandiacre, May 2019 – Ian Viles©; Breaston, June 2021 – Steve Thorpe; Belper, May 2023 – Dave Evans©



Temporal Distribution Chart
Adults: (between 2001 - 2023)
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This chart summarises all available historical occurrence records collated by ISO week of the year. It reflects recorder effort and sampling distribution as well as true biological activity, and should be interpreted as an indicative pattern of seasonal occurrence rather than a statistically controlled abundance or phenology model.

Distribution Map for Lacanobia w-latinum

Found 4 records
    ↳ from 2026+
    ↳ 2 from 2020 - 2025
    ↳ 2 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Lacanobia w-latinum

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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 w-latinum
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

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

First/Last Recorded Dates: Lacanobia w-latinum
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Recordings By Year: Lacanobia w-latinum
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Lacanobia w-latinum
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Lacanobia w-latinum
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Lacanobia w-latinum

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 w-latinum – 4 records available

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

Site Name Tetrad Date Count Stage Recorder Source RecordKey
Belper SK34N 24/05/2023 1 adult Evans, Dave vc57_irecords_extract iBRC35301555
Woodland Ave SK43R 06/06/2021 1 adult Thorpe, Steve vc57_irecords_extract iBRC33498303
Dovedale SK15K 05/07/2009 1 Adult David Grundy;M.J. Dale vc57_danes_bc_data LC000334001OKFHD
Ravenstor YHA SK17L 23/06/2001 1 Adult VC57 Derbyshire Recorder vc57_danes_bc_data LC000334001OJ280

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