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Northern Drab
Orthosia opima (Hübner, 1809)
Noctuidae: Hadeninae
2184 / 73.248
Photo © Keith Kerr,  27/04/19 - Morston Quay

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Forewing: 15-17mm.
Flight: One generation April-May.
Foodplant:   Herbaceous and woody plants.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
Status
Local, predominantly along the coast.
Very variable in colour, with a yellowish-grey 'coastal' form recorded on the North Norfolk coast. The dark form (f. brunnea) recorded inland.
Damp places, saltmarsh, sand-dunes, heathland.

North Norfolk coastal records from 1997. (NMS No.55 1999)
Found at Stoke Ferry and Lynford up to the 1950s, last recorded in the Brecks 1998.

Please retain/photo inland records for confirmation.

Recorded in 19 (26%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1940.
Last Recorded in 2024.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
09/04/2024128TF74Titchwell
04/04/2024127TG04Cley next the Sea
02/04/2024128TF74Titchwell
23/05/2023128TF74Holme NNR
23/05/2023128TF74Titchwell
23/05/2023128TF62Dersingham Bog
16/05/2023228TF74Titchwell
15/05/2023127TG04Cley next the Sea
14/05/2023328TF74Holme NNR
14/05/2023127TG02Hindolveston
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