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Yellow-line Quaker
Leptologia macilenta (Hübner, 1809)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2264 / 73.190
Photo © Dave Jones,  25/05/2020 - Stoke Holy Cross

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Brick
Sunira circellaris
Red-line Quaker
Leptologia lota
Forewing: 14-16mm.
Flight: One generation Sept-Nov.
Foodplant:   Oaks, poplars, Beech, sallows, Hawthorn, other plants.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1
Status
Common and widespread.
Broad-leaved woodland, scrub, heathland and hedgerows.
Overwinters as an egg.

Yellow colour separates this from its grey partner - Red-line Quaker.

Recorded in 63 (85%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1840.
Last Recorded in 2024.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
07/03/2024127TG31Acle
16/12/2023128TL89Mundford
08/12/2023227TG10Cringleford / Intwood
30/11/2023927TG33Ridlington
22/11/2023127TG20Stoke Holy Cross
20/11/2023127TG23North Walsham
20/11/2023127TG24Overstrand
18/11/2023127TG32Neatishead / Barton Broad
18/11/2023127TG10Cringleford / Intwood
18/11/2023127TG42Hickling / Stubb Mill
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