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Plain Clay
Eugnorisma depuncta

(Linnaeus, 1761) 2103 / 73.366

Davey, P., 2009: A local woodland species in central and eastern Scotland, in northern and central Wales, and in Devon and Cornwall. In Dorset, two evidenced moths were trapped at the same locality on adjacent nights immediately after an intense low pressure system had crossed central England. The moths may have been individuals displaced from a UK colony by the north-westerly airflow in the wake of the storm; the closest locality is Savernake Forest some seventy kilometres to the north,... Read More

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Additional Stats

Forewing: 16-20mm
Flight: July - September
Foodplant:   A wide variety of herabceous plants
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3
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