Family: Noctuidae

73.208 Sword-grass Xylena exsoleta

There are 10 county records of 8 individuals from 10 different sites. First recorded in 1839.

Individual records comprise of: [8 Adult] .

Nov
2

Earliest: 07 Nov 1945 - Latest: 07 Nov 1945

Historical Abundance

1992
1
1964
1
1962
0
1946
0
1945
1
1940
1
1935
1
1899
2
1839
1

Records (Individuals) by Vice County

VC67
7 (5)
VC68
3 (3)

Similar Species

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Status Grade 4

Larval food plants

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Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Hop Humulus lupulus
Musk Thistle Carduus nutans
Sorrel/Dock Rumex spp
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare

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