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Large Ear
Amphipoea lucens (Freyer, 1845)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2357 / 73.127
Photo © Dave Wilton,  Harlech 2021 (genitalia checked)

Similar Upper Thames Species
Saltern Ear
Amphipoea fucosa
Ear Moth
Amphipoea oculea
Foodplant:   Purple Moor-grass and Common Cottongrass.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common / Immigrant
Former Status: Local (Migrant)
Verification Grade:  Adult: 4

Status in the region uncertain, possibly a rare vagrant. The single record cannot be confirmed. A northern and western species associated with moorland and rough grassland, unlikely to have been resident in the region.

Determination by Genitalia Examination (gen. det.) Required

Recorded in 1 (1%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1931.
Last Recorded in 1931.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
06/08/1931+22SP40 - Wolvercote, Wytham, Wootton
Further info: Amphipoea lucens
 
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