Double Line
Mythimna turca
NoctuidaeABH 73.288 B&F 2191A species of semi-natural acid grassland, historically largely confined to Exmoor and the Quantocks. In common with a national trend, it appears to have expanded its range eastwards and downhill in the last 20 years, spreading into the Blackdowns. Still rare in VC6, though both Shapwick Heath/Ashcott and the Gordano Valley have both historic and relatively recent records.
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