73.208 BF2242 - Sword-grass - Noctuidae - Xylena exsoleta

73.208 BF2242 – Noctuidae – Xyleninae – Xylena exsoleta – Sword-grass

Adult Macro: CAT 1 – Distinctive species unlikely to be confused with others –

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– Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant

Taxonomy: Macro >> . . >> Noctuidae >> Xyleninae

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ID Difficulty: green

– easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.

Distribution: (Last record: 23 October 1982 at Barlow ) – Current status is uncertain – Probably rare resident or rare vagrant. Primarily a moorland and woodland species.

Flight Period: March / April / September / October / – September onwards then hibernates and reappears in March – April

Moth Activity: Nocturnal

Photographed: No – Photographed By: Not Recorded

*** Last updated on 6 May 2025 by RP ***

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Wingspan: 48-58mm
Forewing: 24-29mm

Food Plant: Dock (Rumex).

Last Recorded Year: 1982

Last Recorded By – RTD – per Harrison & Sterling

Last Recorded General Area – Barlow

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Distribution Map for Xylena exsoleta

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Found 2 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 0 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 2 from Before 2020

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Monthly Records By Year: Xylena exsoleta

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Monthly Counts By Year: Xylena exsoleta

Recordings By Year: Xylena exsoleta

Xylena exsoleta

Insufficient records/data for a trend analysis

Years Analysed: 2000 – 2024

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Xylena exsoleta

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Xylena exsoleta

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Xylena exsoleta – 2 records available

Listed by Year - descending

Taxon	Site Name	Tetrad	Year	Date	Count	Stage
Xylena exsoleta	Ashbourne (site not precise)	SK14T	1911	01/01/1911 - 31/12/1911	1	Adult
Xylena exsoleta	Ashbourne (site not precise)	SK14T	1911	01/01/1911 - 31/12/1911	1	Adult