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Minor Shoulder-knot
Brachylomia viminalis (Fabricius, 1777)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2225 / 73.220
Photo © Oliver Wadsworth,  04/06/2008

Marbled Minor
Oligia strigilis
Forewing: 13-15mm
Flight: July - August
Foodplant:   Willows
Red List: Near Threatened (NT)
GB status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1

A fairly common but declining resident across the region.

A species of damp woodland, fens, marshy ground.

Overwinters as an egg and comes to light and sugar.

Recorded in 82 (59%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1887.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
20/07/2022237SO95 - Upton Snodsbury
17/07/2022136SO74 - Colwall & Malvern Hills AONB
09/07/2022136SO74 - Colwall & Malvern Hills AONB
06/07/2022136SO74 - Colwall & Malvern Hills AONB
23/06/2022136SO62 - E Ross & Dymock Forest
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