Brighton Wainscot (Oria musculosa)


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Brighton Wainscot
Oria musculosa (H?bner, [1808])
Noctuidae : Xyleninae

2378 / 73.143
Nationally Rare

Photo © Dave Ferguson, Berdun (Spain) 2016

Similar Upper Thames Species: None

Foodplant:	Grasses including cereal crops.
Red List:	Possibly Extinct (PE)
GB Status:	Nationally Rare
Former Status:	Nationally Scarce A
Verification Grade: Adult: 3

Extinct former resident in the region, and in Britain. Bred in arable fields.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 16 (11%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1938.
Last Recorded in 1981.

Further info: Oria musculosa

	UK Moths		Mothdissection UK
	Lepiforum.de		Upper Thames Moths (Full)