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Angle-striped Sallow
Enargia paleacea (Esper, 1788)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2313 / 73.211
Photo © Peter Hall,  Rosemarkie East Ross 2022

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Orange Sallow
Tiliacea citrago
Delicate
Mythimna vitellina
Foodplant:   Silver and Downy Birch
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

Rare, probably immigrant in the region, from continental Europe. Associated with well established birch woodland.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 4 (5%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1964.
Last Recorded in 2018.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
14/07/2018122SU36 - Hungerford / Inkpen
18/07/1982122SU39 - Stanford in the Vale
1975+22SU49 - Marcham / Abingdon (W)
1964+22SP40 - Wolvercote, Wytham, Wootton
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