Noctuidae : Aediinae
The Druid
AEDIA funesta (Esper, 1786)
The Druid
AEDIA funesta (Esper, 1786)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 34-40mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Belgium,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyrus,Estonia,Ireland,Latvia, Lithuania,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Norway,Portugal,N & NW Russia,Sardinia,Sicily,Sweden & The Netherlands) : Asia Minor : Iran : NW Africa : The Caucasus : Western Asia
UK Distribution: Rare immigrant recorded twice, in Kingsdown,Kent in 2014 & Durlston near Swanage in 2015
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Gardens : Hedgerows : Roadside Verges
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: First discovered in Britain in a garden trap on 13th June 2014 in Kingdown in Kent before a second specimen was also caught to light at Durlsdon near Swanage on 1st July 2015.
A moth from central and southern Europe it is very similar to the Alchymist & Sorcerer moths although the white crescent shaped marked on the costa will differentiate between the species.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Belgium,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyrus,Estonia,Ireland,Latvia, Lithuania,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Norway,Portugal,N & NW Russia,Sardinia,Sicily,Sweden & The Netherlands) : Asia Minor : Iran : NW Africa : The Caucasus : Western Asia
UK Distribution: Rare immigrant recorded twice, in Kingsdown,Kent in 2014 & Durlston near Swanage in 2015
UK Conservation Status -
- Rare Migrant
- Least Concern
- Noctua funesta (Esper, 1786)
- Noctua leucomelas Linnaeus, sensu Hübner, 1786
- Germany - Frankfurt
Habitat: Gardens : Hedgerows : Roadside Verges
Similar Species -
- Alchymist - Catephia alchymista - ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Sorcerer - Aedia leucomelas - (Linnaeus, 1758)
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: First discovered in Britain in a garden trap on 13th June 2014 in Kingdown in Kent before a second specimen was also caught to light at Durlsdon near Swanage on 1st July 2015.
A moth from central and southern Europe it is very similar to the Alchymist & Sorcerer moths although the white crescent shaped marked on the costa will differentiate between the species.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Convolvulaceae - Bindweed - Morning Glory Family
- Calystegia sepium - Hedge Bindweed
- Convolvulus arvensis - Field Bindweed
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Noctuidae Aediinae AEDIA Hübner 1823 Aedia funesta (Esper, 1786) - Noctua leucomelas Linnaeus, sensu Hübner, 1786 - NOCTUA funesta (Esper, 1786) - Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur by Esper, Eugen Johann Christoph, 1742-1810; Charpentier, Toussaint von, 1779 or 80-1847; Tyroff, H. I., engraver; Walwert, Georg Christoph, 1748-1812, engraver; Volckart, J. F., engraver; Walbert, L. S., engraver; Sturm, Jakob, 1771-1848, engraver; Bock, Johann Carl, 1757-1843, engraver; Schaus, William, 1859- , former owner. DSI : Volume 4 pt 1 : Title Page : p.72 Volume plates 4 (30): pl. 88 (Noct. 9), f. 6 - Germany - Frankfurt |