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Bordered Straw
Heliothis peltigera ([Denis & Schifferm?ller], 1775)
Noctuidae: Heliothinae
2403 / 73.074
Photo © Dave Wilton,  Bernwood Meadows 2015

Similar Upper Thames Species
Scarce Bordered Straw
Helicoverpa armigera
Eastern Bordered Straw
Heliothis nubigera
Foodplant:   Herbaceous plants
Red List:
GB Status: Immigrant
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

An annual immigrant in Britain. Occurs irregularly in the region in greatly varying numbers, and is un-recorded in some years.

Recorded in 46 (59%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1965.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
29/10/2022123SP30 - Witney(S), Bampton
29/08/2022122SU87 - White Waltham
26/08/2022124SP84 - Npt. Pagnell, Stoke Goldington
25/08/2022122SU59 - Abingdon(E), Didcot(N), Culham
23/08/2022123SP51 - Bletchington, Otmoor, Murcott
Further info: Heliothis peltigera
 
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