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Small Mottled Willow
Spodoptera exigua (H?bner, 1808)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2385 / 73.087
Photo © Ian Esland,  Whitchurch Hill 2017

Similar Upper Thames Species
Pale Mottled Willow
Caradrina clavipalpis
Foodplant:   Herbaceous plants
Red List:
GB Status: Immigrant
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

Recorded irregularly in the region, in numbers in years of large influxes to Britain, but absent in others.

Recorded in 48 (62%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1935.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
29/10/2022124SP71 - Westcott, Waddesdon
28/10/2022122SU58 - Didcot (S) / Streatley
26/10/2022124SP71 - Westcott, Waddesdon
24/10/2022124SP60 - Waterperry, Long Crendon
21/09/2022124SU99 - Amersham, Beaconsfield
Further info: Spodoptera exigua
 
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