Spaelotis ravida ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Stout Dart
73.3490 (B&F: 2113)
Synonym(s):
Spaelotis obscura (Brahm, 1790)
»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Noctuoidea
»Family: Noctuidae
»Subfamily: Noctuinae
»Tribe: Noctuini
A suspected immigrant and extinct temporary resident. Occurs singly at mv light in a wide range of habitats, mostly within 5 miles of the coast. Rare, very irregular in appearance, undetected in East Sussex since 1996 and West Sussex since 2000. Single brooded, flying mainly from late July to late September and again from late October to early November. The larval foodplants are not known from this country. (Pratt, 2011)
