Spalding's Dart

Agrotis herzogi

Checklist Number
73.321 [B&F: 2091a]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Noctuidae
Subfamily:Noctuinae
Genus:Agrotis
Species:herzogi
Authority:Rebel, 1911

Very rare immigrant from North Africa, appearing as a migrant for the first time in Britain at Praze-an-Beeble, Camborne, Cornwall on 22 November 1995, with no further records to date. Wingspan 32-50mm. Larva feeds on various herbaceous plants; no evidence of breeding in the UK.