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Orache Moth

Trachea atriplicis

Checklist Number
73.106 [B&F: 2304]

Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)

Classification

Family:Noctuidae
Subfamily:Xyleninae
Genus:Trachea
Species:atriplicis
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1758)

Rare immigrant from the Channel Islands and northern Europe, appearing in southern England. Recorded for the first time in Hampshire (1995) and on the Isle of Wight in 1996, since when there have been over 20 records. Wingspan 44-50 mm. Larva feeds on Orache, Goosefoot and Knotgrass, with no evidence of breeding in the UK.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

No Larval records to show.

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Freshwater (SZ38)09/08/1996-Sam Knill-JonesAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)04/07/2003oneJames HalseyAdult
Totland (SZ38)17/07/2004oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Totland (SZ38)24/07/2004oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Cranmore (SZ39)24/07/2007oneIan FletcherAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)26/07/2008oneJames HalseyAdult
Totland (SZ38)18/07/2009twoSam Knill-JonesAdult
Totland (SZ38)01/08/2009oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)28/06/2010oneDave CookeAdult
Totland (SZ38)29/06/2010oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Freshwater (SZ38)30/06/2010oneDave CookeAdult
Totland (SZ38)10/07/2010oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Totland (SZ38)13/07/2010oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)19/07/2010oneJames HalseyAdult
Totland (SZ38)17/08/2012oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
St. Catherine's Lighthouse (SZ47)10/07/2015onePaul CattermoleAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)15/07/2017oneJames HalseyAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)19/06/2019oneIain OutlawAdult
Shanklin (SZ58)21/06/2019oneIain OutlawAdult
Haseley Manor (SZ58)10/06/2022oneIain OutlawAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Christchurch (SZ19)31/07/1995oneMike JeffesAdult
Linford (SU10)23/08/2001oneAndy PageAdult
Lymington (SZ39)04/08/2008oneAlec HarmerAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)20/07/2010oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Hayling (SZ79)30/06/2011oneGeorge SpraggsAdult
Jumpers Common, Christchurch (SZ19)29/06/2013-Stuart ClarkeAdult
Titchfield Haven NNR (SU50)05/07/2013oneKeith WheelerAdult
Parley (SZ09)24/06/2017onePaul BakerAdult
Southsea (SZ69)29/06/2017oneJ R LangmaidAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Northwood (SU43)12/07/2002oneReg A BellAdult