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Shoulder-striped Wainscot
Leucania comma (Linnaeus, 1761)
Noctuidae: Hadeninae
2205 / 73.301
Photo © Melissa Banthorpe,  Duck End NR 16/06/2017

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Leucania obsoleta
Forewing: 16-19mm.
Flight: One generation May-July.
Foodplant:   Grasses.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

Bedfordshire status
Common resident

Verification Grade Comment: Acceptable flight time in county: 20 May to 31 July - a photo will be required if reported outside these dates

Recorded in 19 (86%) of 22 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1904.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
30/06/2023130SP92 - Leighton Buzzard, Totternhoe
30/06/2023130SP91 - Whipsnade Downs (West)
28/06/2023130TL14 - Biggleswade (West), Sandy
27/06/2023130TL14 - Biggleswade (West), Sandy
22/06/2023130SP92 - Leighton Buzzard, Totternhoe
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