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Gold Spot
Plusia festucae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Noctuidae: Plusiinae
2439 / 73.022
Photo © James Parry,  09/08/2020 - Farm at Oxborough

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Lempke's Gold Spot
Plusia putnami
Forewing: 14-19mm.
Flight: June-July. Aug-Sept.
Foodplant:   Sedges, Yellow Iris, Branched Bur-reed, Water-plantain.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
Status
Local, common in fen areas and the Broads.
Fens, damp meadows, heathland, damp woodland and saltmarsh.

The main confusion species is Lempke's Gold Spot.


Lempke's Gold Spot (left) Gold Spot (right)

Lempke's has a shorter, broader, less elongated inner apical streak.

Recorded in 62 (84%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1834.
Last Recorded in 2024.
Additional Stats
Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
07/09/2024127TG42Eccles
06/09/2024+28TL78Weeting Heath (Gravelpit Wood)
06/09/2024127TG31Upton
06/09/2024328TF74Holme NNR
06/09/2024+27TG41Filby
05/09/2024227TG31Upton
05/09/2024+27TG41Filby
03/09/2024+27TG42Hickling NNR / Potter Heigham
02/09/2024127TG42Eccles
02/09/2024+27TG31How Hill
Further info: Plusia festucae
 
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