Photo © Jeff Goodridge

Druid

Aedia funesta

Checklist Number
73.0301 [B&F: 2464b]

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

Classification

Family:Noctuidae
Subfamily:Aediinae
Genus:Aedia
Species:funesta
Authority:(Esper, [1786])

Occurs through central and southern Europe to the Balkans and southern Russia, and in Asia Minor to Iran. In Britain it was first recorded in Kingsdown, Kent on 13/6/2014, since which there have been annual arrivals, and it is now almost annual in our area.

Wingspan 34-40 mm. Distinguished from the superficially similar Alchymist Catephria alchymista by its generally smaller size, browner forewing tone and whitish patch in the discal area of the forewing, and from the closely related Sorcerer Aedia leucomelas by the presence of a white costal crescent.

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)

No Adult records to show.

Records by week (larval)

No Larval records to show.

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Totland (SZ38)22/07/2016oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Afton Marsh (SZ38)01/07/2017oneJulian ClarkeAdult
Totland (SZ38)01/07/2018oneSam Knill-JonesAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)01/07/2019oneJames HalseyAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Southsea (SZ69)02/07/2015oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Sandy Point (SZ79)21/07/2016oneAndy JohnsonAdult
Allbrook (SU42)17/07/2021oneSimon IngramAdult