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Mythimna albipuncta ([Denis & Schifferm?ller], 1775)
Noctuidae: Hadeninae
2194 / 73.297
Photo © Dave Wilton,  Westcott 2019

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Foodplant:   Grasses
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1

Widespread and common across the region, in a range of open grassy habitats. Formerly a rare immigrant in the region and in Britain. Now well established over a wide area of southern Britain.

Recorded in 61 (44%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1967.
Last Recorded in 2022.

Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
13/11/2022124SP83 - Milton Keynes
13/11/2022122SU67 - Reading (W), Whitchurch
13/11/2022122SU88 - Marlow, Maidenhead
12/11/2022123SP51 - Bletchington, Otmoor, Murcott
12/11/2022124SP71 - Westcott, Waddesdon
Further info: Mythimna albipuncta
 
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