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Family: Noctuidae   Checklist Number: 73.355

Xestia castanea   Esper, 1798

Neglected Rustic

An uncommon moorland species found from August to September. Heather (Calluna vulgaris) and bell heather (Erica cinerea) are the larval foodplants

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