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Family: Noctuidae   Checklist Number: 73.023

Plusia putnami  Grote, 1873

Lempke's Gold Spot

Similar to gold spot (Plusia festucae) and almost as common. On the wing from June to August in any damp, boggy site where the food-plants grow. These include Yorkshire fog (Holcus lanatus) and other grasses.

References: 
Leverton, R. & Cubitt, M. (2024). The Larger Moths of Scotland.
Waring, P. & Townsend, M. (2018 third edition). Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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