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Sword-grass
Xylena exsoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2242 / 73.208

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Forewing: 24-29mm.
Flight: Sept-April. (hibernates)
Foodplant:   Thistles, Creeping Cinquefoil, Common Restharrow, others.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Nationally Scarce
Former Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

Bedfordshire status
Rare immigrant / vagrant

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 2 (9%) of 22 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1904.
Last Recorded in 1977.
Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
31/10/1977130TL03 - Ampthill, Flitwick, Silsoe
1904130TL05 - Bedford (North), Thurleigh
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