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Cabbage Moth
Mamestra brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Noctuidae: Hadeninae
2154 / 73.274
Photo © Dave Wilton,  Westcott 2018

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White Colon
Sideridis turbida
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Mniotype adusta
Foodplant:   Brassicas and a very wide range of other plants, including some woody species
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1

Widespread and common across the region, in a wide range of habitats but most numerous in cultivated areas.

Recorded in 63 (81%) 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
16/09/2022124SU88 - Marlow, Maidenhead
11/09/2022+23SP50 - Oxford, Wheatley, Garsington
03/09/2022122SU48 - Wantage (E) / Harwell
03/09/2022122SU57 - Hermitage / Ashampstead
01/09/2022122SU58 - Didcot (S) / Streatley
Further info: Mamestra brassicae
 
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