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Ear Moth
Amphipoea oculea (Linnaeus, 1761)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2360 / 73.128
Photo © Melissa Banthorpe,  Female gendet, Haynes 16/07/2007

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Forewing: 12-15mm.
Flight: One generation July-Sept.
Foodplant:   Grasses.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 4

Bedfordshire status
Unable to assess - there are currently only 28 records in the county database where specimens were determined by dissection against over 160 of the aggregate 'Ear sp'

Determination by Genitalia Examination (gen. det.) Required

Recorded in 11 (50%) of 22 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 2004.
Last Recorded in 2021.

Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
04/08/2021130SP93 - Woburn
28/07/2021130TL13 - Shefford, Henlow, Shillington
11/08/2020130TL12 - Luton (East), Pegsdon Hills
15/08/2019130TL14 - Biggleswade (West), Sandy
14/08/2019130TL14 - Biggleswade (West), Sandy
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