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Rustic Shoulder-knot
Apamea sordens (Hufnagel, 1766)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2334 / 73.158
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 wide range of open grassy places.

Recorded in 70 (90%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1900.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
04/08/2022+24SP81 - Aylesbury, Aston Clinton
12/07/2022122SU77 - Reading
08/07/2022122SU86 - Wokingham / Bracknell
07/07/2022123SU59 - Abingdon(E), Didcot(N), Culham
29/06/2022124SP71 - Westcott, Waddesdon
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