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Yellow-line Quaker
Leptologia macilenta (H?bner, 1809)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2264 / 73.190
Photo © Julian Francis

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Forewing: 14-16mm
Flight: September - November
Foodplant:   Oaks, poplars, Beech, sallows, Hawthorn, other plants.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1

Davey, P., 2009: A widespread species in Britain, the larva feeding at first in spun leaves of oak (Quercus spp.), beech (Fagus spp.), poplar (Populus spp.), willow (Salix spp.) and hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), and later nocturnally on herbaceous plants. In Dorset, the moth is locally abundant in deciduous woodland, but becomes less frequent in open habitats.

Recorded in 35 (88%) of 40 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1934.
Last Recorded in 2019.
(Data up to end 2019)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2019)
Date#VC10k Area
05/12/201919SY78 - Broadmayne
28/11/201919SY98 - Wareham
27/11/201949SY39 - Lyme Regis
27/11/201919SY39 - Lyme Regis
27/11/201929SY58 - Abbotsbury
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