Prev Flights Rec Search
Nut-tree Tussock
Colocasia coryli (Linnaeus, 1758)
Noctuidae: Pantheinae
2425 / 73.032
Photo © Garry Barlow,  Tidbury Green, West Midlands.

Similar West Midlands Species: None
Forewing: 14-17mm
Flight: April - June and July - September
Foodplant:   Hazel, birches, Beech, oaks, other trees
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1

A common resident in the south and west but scarce in the north.

A moth of broadleaved woodland.

Overwinters as a pupa, males fly from dusk and are attracted to light; the female not so often.

Recorded in 74 (53%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1853.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
13/08/2022236SO51 - Doward & Goodrich
10/08/2022136SO42 - Garway & Orcop
09/08/2022136SO51 - Doward & Goodrich
08/08/2022+36SO23 - Black Mountains & Craswall
06/08/2022236SO51 - Doward & Goodrich
Further info: Colocasia coryli
 
UK Moths
Mothdissection UK
Lepiforum.de West Midlands Moths (Full)
Back Record Home
iMoths V1.0 HD © Jim Wheeler 2024