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Sycamore
Acronicta aceris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Noctuidae: Acronictinae
2279 / 73.039
Photo © Chris Sharpe,  03/07/2014 - Rockland St. Peter: April Cottage, Chapel Street, NR17 1UJ

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Poplar Grey
Subacronicta megacephala
Forewing: 18-22mm.
Flight: One generation June-Aug.
Foodplant:   Sycamore, Field Maple, maples, Horse-chestnut.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1
Status
Widespread.
Ground colour varies from pale grey to dark sooty-grey.
Gardens, parks, woodland, scrub, heathland.
Overwinters, sometimes twice, as a pupa.

Recorded in 65 (88%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1940.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
23/09/2023+27TM08Banham (Zoo)
23/08/2023128TL88Santon Downham
13/08/2023128TF62King's Lynn
09/08/2023+27TG03Holt / Swanton Novers
31/07/2023127TG42Eccles
31/07/2023127TG33Ridlington
30/07/2023127TG04Cley next the Sea
28/07/2023127TG42Eccles
27/07/2023127TG32Neatishead / Barton Broad
25/07/2023127TG31Upton
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