Photo © David G Green

Barrett's Marbled Coronet

Conisania andalusica

Checklist Number
73.278 [B&F: 2169]

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

Classification

Family:Noctuidae
Subfamily:Hadeninae
Genus:Conisania
Species:andalusica
Authority:(Staudinger, 1859)

Nationally scarce (Nb) on sea cliffs and shingle beaches in parts of south-western England, Wales and southern Ireland, predominantly coastal. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight the single record on the Island at Freshwater on 3 June 1952 remains the only record. Wingspan 35-42 mm. Very variable, some forms could be overlooked as Lychnis Hadena bicruris. Larva feeds on Sea Campion, Rock Sea-spurrey and Sand Spurrey, over-wintering as a pupa.

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)03/06/1952oneK G BlairAdult