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Family: Noctuidae   Checklist Number: 73.234

Dasypolia templi   Thunberg, 1792

Brindled Ochre

Locally common from September to October in moorland, grassland and coastal habitats. Feeds internally on the roots of hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium), and possibly other umbelliferous plants

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