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Gold Spot
Plusia festucae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Noctuidae: Plusiinae
2439 / 73.022
Photo © Melissa Banthorpe,  Totternhoe Quarry 27/07/2018

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Lempke's Gold Spot
Plusia putnami
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

Bedfordshire status
Vagrant / probable recent colonist

Verification Grade Comment: Acceptable flight time in county: 20 July to 31 August

Recorded in 12 (55%) of 22 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1799.
Last Recorded in 2023.
Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
06/09/2023130TL15 - Great Barford, Eaton Socon
17/08/2023130TL14 - Biggleswade (West), Sandy
23/06/2022130TL04 - Bedford (South), Kempston
24/08/2021130SP96 - Podington, Souldrop
24/08/2021 to 25/08/2021130TL24 - Biggleswade (East), Potton
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