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– Uncertain/Unknown – Insufficient Data 
– Day-flying
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Distribution Map for Argyresthia retinella
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↳ 2 from After 2025
↳ 2 from 2020 - 2024
↳ 8 from Before 2020
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Monthly Records By Year: Argyresthia retinella
Monthly Counts By Year: Argyresthia retinella
Recordings By Year: Argyresthia retinella
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Argyresthia retinella
AGR: 0% | Total % Change: 0%
Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Argyresthia retinella
Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Argyresthia retinella
Argyresthia retinella
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 - Argyresthia retinella – 12 records available
Listed by Year - descending
| Taxon | Site Name | Tetrad | Year | Date | Count | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argyresthia retinella | DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 2025 | 03/06/2025 | 1 | adult |
| Argyresthia retinella | Belper | SK34U | 2025 | 28/06/2025 | 1 | adult |
| Argyresthia retinella | Belper | SK34U | 2023 | 18/06/2023 | 1 | adult |
| Argyresthia retinella | Kings Newton Fields | SK32Y | 2022 | 19/06/2022 | 1 | Adult |
| Argyresthia retinella | Kings Newton Fields | SK32Y | 2014 | 09/06/2014 | 1 | Adult |
| Argyresthia retinella | Ladycroft Ave,Buxton | SK07S | 2012 | 23/07/2012 | 1 | Adult |
| Argyresthia retinella | Hardhurst Rd, Alvaston, Derby | SK33W | 2010 | 20/06/2010 | 1 | Adult |
| Argyresthia retinella | Main Street, Kings Newton | SK32Y | 2005 | 13/07/2005 | 1 | Adult |
| Argyresthia retinella | Main St,Kings Newton,Melbourne | SK32Y | 2005 | 13/07/2005 | 1 | Adult |
| Argyresthia retinella | Padley Gorge, Nether Padley | SK27P | 2003 | 19/06/2003 | 1 | Adult |
| Argyresthia retinella | Deerlands Rd, Ashgate, Chesterfield | SK37K | 1994 | 01/07/1994 - 03/07/1994 | 1 | Adult |
| Argyresthia retinella | Crich Chase, Ambergate (site not precise) | SK35L | 1994 | 26/06/1994 | 1 | Adult |