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Flounced Rustic
Luperina testacea ([Denis & Schifferm?ller], 1775)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2353 / 73.131
Photo © Dave Wilton,  Westcott 2019

Similar Upper Thames Species: None
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, dry habitats.

Recorded in 69 (88%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1750.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
03/10/2022124SP84 - Npt. Pagnell, Stoke Goldington
23/09/2022123SU69 - Benson, Watlington
22/09/2022123SP50 - Oxford, Wheatley, Garsington
21/09/2022123SP51 - Bletchington, Otmoor, Murcott
21/09/2022223SP50 - Oxford, Wheatley, Garsington
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