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  Straw Underwing Thalpophila matura  
         
 

B&F: 2303

ABH: 73.109

Status: Resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Common.

Primary Habitat: Grassland.

Flight Period: Single brooded in July and August.

Observations: The moth can be numerous at m.v. light as on 24 July 1993 when nineteen examples were taken on the grassland bordering Kirtley Coppice.

L.O.N.: 1907. Many localities. Common.

First Record: 1843, Whitwell.