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Dark Sword-grass
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
Noctuidae: Noctuinae
2091 / 73.327
Photo © John Thacker,  Harwell 14.8.22 (Scale mm)

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Foodplant:   Herbaceous plants
Red List:
GB Status: Immigrant
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

Common immigrant, recorded regularly and widely across the region.

Recorded in 65 (83%) 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
12/11/2022123SP50 - Oxford, Wheatley, Garsington
12/11/2022124SP71 - Westcott, Waddesdon
11/11/2022+24SP63 - Buckingham (W), Stowe, Mixbury
11/11/2022124SP84 - Npt. Pagnell, Stoke Goldington
05/11/2022124SP84 - Npt. Pagnell, Stoke Goldington
Further info: Agrotis ipsilon
 
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