Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae > Acronicta > Acronicta alniAcronicta alni (Alder Moth)Synonyms: Acronicta carola; Acronicta degener; Acronicta eothina; Acronicta intensiva; Acronicta italica; Acronicta korealni; Acronicta melaina; Acronicta nigromaculata; Acronicta obsoleta; Acronicta steinerti; Acronicta suffusa; Acronycta alni; Apatele alni; Jocheaera alni; Phalaena alni (homotypic) The alder moth (Acronicta alni) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe (from southern Fennoscandia to Spain, Italy and the Balkans), Turkey, the European part of Russia and the neighbouring countries, the Caucasus, the Ural, southern Siberia, Transbaikalia, the Russian Far East (Primorye, Sakhalin, southern Kuriles, Khabarovsk and the Amur region), China, Japan (Hokkaido and Honshu) and the Korean Peninsula. \n* Acronicta alni \n* Caterpillar \n* Caterpillar on leaf The adults fly at night from May to June and are attracted to light. |
Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Avon Gorge Woodlands |
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376 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Braunton Burrows |
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3328 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Breckland |
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18652 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Brown Moss |
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79 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Burnham Beeches |
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946 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Cannock Chase |
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3057 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Cwm Doethie – Mynydd Mallaen |
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10186 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Eryri/ Snowdonia |
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48773 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Exmoor Heaths |
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26455 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fenland |
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1529 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lake District High Fells |
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66717 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Minsmere to Walberswick Heaths and Marshes |
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3127 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment |
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2194 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay |
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151985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay Pavements |
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6449 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Norfolk Coast |
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7926 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Pembrokeshire Woodlands/ Coedydd Gogledd Sir Benfro |
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780 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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North Somerset and Mendip Bats |
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1387 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Peak District Dales |
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5748 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Penhale Dunes |
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1535 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Richmond Park |
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2092 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Roudsea Wood and Mosses |
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1163 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Salisbury Plain |
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52975 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sidmouth to West Bay |
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2217 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Solent Maritime |
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27985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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South Pennine Moors |
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160577 |
England, United Kingdom |
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South Solway Mosses |
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4849 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Broads |
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14554 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham |
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12696 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Tintagel–Marsland–Clovelly Coast |
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6004 |
England, United Kingdom |
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West Dorset Alder Woods |
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814 |
England, United Kingdom |
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West Midlands Mosses |
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455 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Witherslack Mosses |
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1202 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay |
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65440 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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