Green-brindled Crescent

Allophyes oxyacanthae

Allophyes oxyacanthae, the green-brindled crescent, is a moth of the family Noctuidae, found in Europe. The species was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this insect was recorded 616 times across 9 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 17°C (typically 17 to 18°C, from 5 areas).

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Europe ranged from 47°N in October to 63°N in August, about 1,700 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.