Marbled Tuffet
Charadra deridens
Checklist Number73.0321 [B&F: 2426]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Pantheinae |
| Genus: | Charadra |
| Species: | deridens |
| Authority: | (Guenée, 1852) |
Occurrence in the British Isles unconfirmed, this North American species is included on the British list on the basis of a single male, captured in a light trap in a garden at Plumstead, Kent, on 24 May 1952. The moth was probably amongst a number of insects imported from the USA by the finder. Wingspan 46-50 mm. Larva feeds on various broad-leaved trees.
