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Obscure Wainscot
Leucania obsoleta (H?bner, 1803)
Noctuidae: Hadeninae
2204 / 73.302
Photo © Keith Mitchell,  Stoke Goldington 23/06/2022

Similar Upper Thames Species
Southern Wainscot
Mythimna straminea
Smoky Wainscot
Mythimna impura
Foodplant:   Common Reed
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

Local in the region but recorded widely. Mainly in low lying areas including along the Thames. Inhabits wetlands.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 43 (55%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1979.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
13/07/2022124SP71 - Westcott, Waddesdon
08/07/2022122SU49 - Marcham / Abingdon (W)
05/07/2022124SP84 - Npt. Pagnell, Stoke Goldington
01/07/2022123SU67 - Reading (W), Whitchurch
29/06/2022123SP33 - Sibford Ferris/Hook Norton
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