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- Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant
- care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely - quality photographs required. Confusion Species: Brindled Beauty
ID pointers: Smaller than its relative (Brindled Beauty). A rather narrow and tapering forewing, with chequered fringes and a pale panel along the trailing edge to the forewing. Usually two dark brown wavy cross- lines are noticeable with the outer being somewhat jagged. Some specimens can be entirely dark. The female is wingless. A woodland species
Distribution: (Last record: 18/03/2010 at Midway ) - Last recorded 2010. The first record for over 100 years in Derbyshire was trapped at Midway, in the south of the county, on 18th March 2010. Status remains uncertain in the county and is likely to be no longer present. Account taken from DaNES Journal 164-Part1 2010.
Forewing: 15-17mm
Last Recorded Date: 18/03/2010
Last Recorded By: Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area: Midway
No First Date Information Recorded
IMAGES BELOW: Midway, Derbyshire – 1st record for over 100 years in the county. Account taken from DaNES Journal 164 Part 1 2010 ©.
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