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Lyme Grass
Longalatedes elymi (Treitschke, 1825)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2348 / 73.138
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Obscure Wainscot
Leucania obsoleta
Forewing: 15-18mm.
Flight: One generation June-Aug.
Foodplant:   Lyme-grass.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Nationally Scarce
Former Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
Status
Scarce.
Coastal sand-dunes and dune-slacks, wandering into saltmarsh areas. Has never been recorded far away from the coast.

Characteristic long narrow forewing and contrasting pale
hindwing.

The moth's vernacular name derives from the larval foodplant, Lyme-grass (Elymus arenarius)

Recorded in 12 (16%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1861.
Last Recorded in 2024.
Additional Stats
Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
29/07/2024227TG42Eccles
29/07/2024328TF74Titchwell NNR
27/07/2024128TF74Scolt Head NNR
26/07/2024228TF74Scolt Head NNR
22/07/2024127TG42Eccles
20/07/2024228TF74Scolt Head NNR
19/07/2024128TF74Scolt Head NNR
19/07/2024128TF63Hunstanton
05/07/2024327TG42Eccles
02/07/2024127TG42Eccles
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