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Gold Spot
Plusia festucae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Noctuidae: Plusiinae
2439 / 73.022
Photo © Ian Ellis,  15/08/2021 - Cottenham

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Lempke's Gold Spot
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Forewing: 14-19mm.
Flight: June-July. Aug-Sept.
Foodplant:   Sedges, Yellow Iris, Branched Bur-reed, Water-plantain.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

Recorded in 20 (54%) of 37 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1937.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
21/08/2023129TL39 - Turves/Benwick
16/08/2023129TL46 - Cottenham/Cambridge
11/08/2023+29TL57 - Ely/Stretham/Soham
09/08/2023229TL55 - Fulbourn
26/08/2022229TL47 - Haddenham/Willingham
Further info: Plusia festucae
 
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