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Gray Swordgrass
Xylena cineritia (Grote, 1874)
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Noctuinae
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 39 verified sightings
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Observation date: May 08, 2024
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 10, 2024
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Observation date: May 06, 2024
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 10, 2024
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Observation date: Apr 05, 2024
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Apr 29, 2024
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Observation date: Apr 25, 2024
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Apr 29, 2024
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Observation date: Mar 20, 2024
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Mar 23, 2024
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Observation date: Oct 01, 2022
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Oct 02, 2022
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Observation date: Sep 28, 2022
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Sep 29, 2022
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Observation date: Sep 27, 2022
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Sep 29, 2022
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Observation date: Apr 29, 2022
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 16, 2022
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Observation date: Mar 13, 2022
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Mar 15, 2022
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Observation date: Oct 27, 2021
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Oct 31, 2021
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Observation date: Oct 23, 2021
Submitted by: jrmbutterfly
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Oct 24, 2021
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Observation date: May 14, 2021
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 13, 2021
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Observation date: May 27, 2021
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 13, 2021
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Observation date: Apr 16, 2021
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 04, 2021
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Observation date: Apr 06, 2021
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 04, 2021
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Observation date: Apr 23, 2021
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 04, 2021
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Observation date: Apr 21, 2021
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 04, 2021
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Observation date: Apr 28, 2021
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 04, 2021
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Observation date: Mar 15, 2013
Submitted by: matthewjcampbell
Region: Umatilla County, Oregon, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Mar 27, 2021
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Observation date: Apr 22, 2020
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Dec 17, 2020
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Observation date: Mar 28, 2020
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Apr 05, 2020
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Observation date: Mar 21, 2020
Submitted by: Tombesser
Region: Latah County, Idaho, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Mar 23, 2020
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Observation date: May 19, 2019
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: May 20, 2019
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