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Family: Noctuidae   Checklist Number: 73.296

Mythimna unipuncta  (Haworth, 1809)

White-speck

A common migrant to the south coast of Britain but rare in Scotland. There are two records for the Outer Hebrides: May 2009 and October 2017. It has been recorded in every month of the year in the south but the main season for Scotland is the autumn, favouring coastal grassland.

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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