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Mediterranean Brocade
Spodoptera littoralis
(Boisduval, 1833) ....
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| Status .....A very rare migrant and accidental import to the UK, but perhaps surprisingly, there is one Nottinghamshire record of a single attracted to MV light at Misterton Soss on October 19th 2014 (Wood, N.). The moths and larvae photographed below, were of captive-bred stock. | ||
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| Photographed at Market Warsop, December 2023 | ||
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| Second-instar larva on Dandelion Taraxacum officinale, photographed at Market Warsop October 2023 | ||
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| Fourth-instar larvae on Dandelion Taraxacum officinale, photographed at Market Warsop November 2023 | ||
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| Final-instar larvae on Dandelion Taraxacum officinale, photographed at Market Warsop November 2023 | ||
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| Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Mediterranean
Brocade |
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