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Radford's Flame Shoulder
Ochropleura leucogaster (Freyer, [1831])
Noctuidae: Noctuinae
2102a / 73.330
Photo © Robin Hemming,  Bodenham

Similar West Midlands Species
Flame Shoulder
Ochropleura plecta
Foodplant:   Common Bird's-foot Trefoil
Red List:
GB status: Immigrant
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

A rare migrant and very unusual to appear so far inland but numbers in the south of UK are increasing.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 3 (2%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 2020.
Last Recorded in 2021.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
11/11/2021137SO74 - Colwall & Malvern Hills AONB
11/11/2021137SO86 - Droitwich Spa
07/11/2020136SO55 - Bodenham & Pudlestone
Further info: Ochropleura leucogaster
 
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