Species Details

ABH: 73.325

BF: 2092

Family: Noctuidae

Subfamily: Noctuinae

Taxon: Agrotis puta

=Agrotis puta insula

=Agrotis puta puta

Authority: (Hübner, [1803])

Vernacular: Shuttle-shaped Dart

Account: Common often abundant, in gardens, farmland, grassland, heathland and open woodland throughout England and Wales. Larva feeds on various herbaceous plants, including Dandelion, Knotgrass, and several species of dock.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 30 — 32 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 8 Apr (1997) — 13 Nov (1995)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Polyphagous.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Least Concern (LC)

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/agrotis-puta/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2064

Individuals: 1446

Earliest Year: 1840

Latest Year: 2025

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