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Golden-rod Brindle
Xylena solidaginis (H?bner, 1803)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2233 / 73.207
Photo © Peter Hall,  Sutherland 2021

Similar Upper Thames Species
Sword-grass
Xylena exsoleta
Foodplant:   Moorland plants including Heather, Bilberry, Cowberry
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Nationally Scarce / Immigrant
Former Status: Local (Immigrant)
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

A northern species in Britain, which also occurs as a scarce continental immigrant in the south. The single record in the region is likely to have had the latter origin.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 1 (1%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1982.
Last Recorded in 1983.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
1983+22SP40 - Wolvercote, Wytham, Wootton
17/08/1982+22SP40 - Wolvercote, Wytham, Wootton
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