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– Rare / Uncommon / Scarce
– easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.ID pointers: A relatively unmistakable moth. When freshly emerged a bright green with two prominent paler green cross-lines and a variable amount of white, black and darker green marbling. The green colouration wears quickly when exposed to sunlight.
Distribution: (Last record: 30/07/2024 at Cromford ) – A resident that is uncommon and locally distributed in Derbyshire. Present in almost all of the Derbyshire Limestone Dales. Small numbers of scattered records from elsewhere in the county each year.
*** Last updated on 6 May 2025 by RP ***
Forewing: 20-25mm
Last Recorded Date: 30/07/2024
Last Recorded Year: July 2024
Last Recorded By – Clive Ashton
Last Recorded General Area – Cromford
IMAGES BELOW: Robin Wood, Derbyshire (2006) – Tony Davison© / Long Clough – Christian Heintzen©
Green Arches 26th June 2024 - Long Clough - Christian Heintzen
Green Arches- Melbourne - Tony Davison©
Distribution Map for Anaplectoides prasina
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Found 344 records
↳ 0 from After 2025
↳ 77 from 2020 - 2024
↳ 267 from Before 2020
↳ 0 from After 2025
↳ 77 from 2020 - 2024
↳ 267 from Before 2020
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Monthly Records By Year: Anaplectoides prasina
Monthly Counts By Year: Anaplectoides prasina
Recordings By Year: Anaplectoides prasina
Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Anaplectoides prasina
Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Anaplectoides prasina
Anaplectoides prasina
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 - Anaplectoides prasina – 344 records available
Listed by Year - descending
| Taxon | Site Name | Tetrad | Year | Date | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaplectoides prasina | Glossop, Gnat Hole Rough Fields | SK09L | 2024 | 03/07/2024 | 2 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2024 | 17/07/2024 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2024 | 28/06/2024 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Darley Bridge | SK26Q | 2024 | 13/07/2024 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | The Gathering, Edale | SK18I | 2024 | 02/07/2024 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Derbyshire Wild Life Trust Long Clough | SK09G | 2024 | 25/06/2024 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Lower Cromford Garden | SK25Y | 2024 | 30/07/2024 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2024 | 11/07/2024 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | upper cromford garden | SK25Y | 2024 | 17/07/2024 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Lower Cromford Garden | SK25Y | 2024 | 10/07/2024 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | upper cromford garden | SK25Y | 2024 | 01/07/2024 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Cote Heath Allotments, Buxton | SK07R | 2024 | 14/06/2024 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Derbyshire Wild Life Trust Long Clough | SK09G | 2024 | 03/06/2024 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Derbyshire Wild Life Trust Long Clough | SK09G | 2024 | 05/07/2024 | 2 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2024 | 19/07/2024 | 2 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2024 | 02/07/2024 | 2 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | upper cromford garden | SK25Y | 2024 | 16/07/2024 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Buxton (w) | SK07R | 2024 | 07/07/2024 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Glossop, Gnat Hole Rough Fields | SK09L | 2024 | 29/06/2024 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | upper cromford garden | SK25Y | 2024 | 29/06/2024 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Rosliston Forestry Centre, Swadlincote, Derbys. | SK21N | 2024 | 17/05/2024 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Lower Cromford Garden | SK25Y | 2023 | 29/06/2023 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Darwin Forest | SK26X | 2023 | 28/06/2023 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Mellor | SJ98Z | 2023 | 05/07/2023 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Glossop, Gnat Hole Rough Fields | SK09L | 2023 | 17/07/2023 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2023 | 23/06/2023 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Glossop, Gnat Hole Rough Fields | SK09L | 2023 | 01/07/2023 | 4 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Derbyshire Wild Life Trust Long Clough | SK09G | 2023 | 17/06/2023 | 4 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Hathersage | SK28F | 2023 | 28/06/2023 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2023 | 05/07/2023 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Buxton SK17, UK | SK07R | 2023 | 30/06/2023 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Derbyshire Wild Life Trust Long Clough | SK09G | 2023 | 12/07/2023 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave | SK07S | 2023 | 02/07/2023 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Derbyshire Wild Life Trust Long Clough | SK09G | 2023 | 24/06/2023 | 2 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Derbyshire Wild Life Trust Long Clough | SK09G | 2023 | 07/06/2023 | 5 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Upper Cromford Garden | SK25Y | 2023 | 07/07/2023 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Mellor | SJ98Z | 2023 | 08/07/2023 | 2 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Bemrose Gate | SK28C | 2023 | 25/06/2023 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2023 | 28/06/2023 | 2 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Longdendale, Wildboar Clough | SK09U | 2023 | 07/07/2023 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Glossop, Moorfield, Wood's Cabin | SK09L | 2023 | 22/06/2023 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom | SK07S | 2022 | 30/06/2022 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave | SK07S | 2022 | 22/07/2022 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave | SK07S | 2022 | 01/07/2022 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Hathersage, Derbyshire, UK | SK28F | 2022 | 19/07/2022 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave | SK07S | 2022 | 08/07/2022 | 2 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave | SK07S | 2022 | 28/06/2022 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Buxton SK17, UK | SK07S | 2022 | 06/07/2022 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave | SK07S | 2022 | 03/07/2022 | 2 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2021 | 09/07/2021 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2021 | 01/08/2021 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Buxton SK17, UK | SK07S | 2021 | 10/07/2021 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2021 | 02/07/2021 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | The Hollies, Darley Dale | SK26R | 2021 | 26/06/2021 | 2 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2021 | 15/07/2021 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Clarkes Plantation, Two Dales, Matlock | SK26W | 2021 | 23-Jul-21 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2021 | 20/07/2021 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Peak District National Park, Buxton, England, GB | SK17Q | 2021 | 11/07/2021 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2021 | 26/06/2021 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | SK09C | 2021 | 09/07/2021 | 1 | |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Hathersage | SK28F | 2021 | 02/07/2021 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2021 | 13/07/2021 | 2 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Grin Plantation, Buxton | SK07L | 2021 | 09/07/2021 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2021 | 16/07/2021 | 2 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | White Knowle Road, Buxton | SK07R | 2021 | 09/07/2021 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2021 | 19/06/2021 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | The Hollies, Darley Dale | SK26R | 2021 | 31/07/2021 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | 294 Longhurst Lane, Mellor | SJ98Z | 2020 | 4-Oct-20 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Buxton SK17, UK | SK07S | 2020 | 15/06/2020 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2020 | 15/06/2020 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | 294 Longhurst Lane, Mellor | SJ98Z | 2020 | 30-Jun-20 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2020 | 30/06/2020 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | White Knowle Road, Buxton | SK07R | 2020 | 13/07/2020 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2020 | 10/07/2020 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | The Hollies, Darley Dale | SK26R | 2020 | 06/07/2020 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | 294 Longhurst Lane, Mellor | SJ98Z | 2020 | 29-Sep-20 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Buxton SK17, UK | SK07S | 2020 | 05/07/2020 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | The Hollies, Darley Dale | SK26R | 2019 | 19/07/2019 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2019 | 28/06/2019 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Welbeck Drive, Wingerworth | SK36T | 2019 | 04/07/2019 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Hathersage, Derbyshire, UK | SK28F | 2019 | 30/06/2019 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2019 | 04/07/2019 | 2 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Yew Tree Farm | SK36H | 2019 | 26/06/2019 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | The Hollies, Darley Dale | SK26R | 2019 | 12/07/2019 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2019 | 08/07/2019 | 3 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Pleasley Pit CP, Pleasley | SK46X | 2019 | 09/07/2019 | 2 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2019 | 12/07/2019 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | The Hollies, Darley Dale | SK26R | 2019 | 02/07/2019 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2019 | 02/07/2019 | 2 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Hathersage, Derbyshire, UK | SK28F | 2019 | 17/06/2019 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2019 | 06/07/2019 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2019 | 05/07/2019 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Yew Tree Farm | SK36H | 2019 | 29/06/2019 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2018 | 19/06/2018 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2018 | 06/07/2018 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2018 | 10/06/2018 | 2 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2018 | 03/06/2018 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Carsington Resr (Rangers' Base) | SK25K | 2018 | 14/06/2018 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2018 | 01/07/2018 | 1 |
| Anaplectoides prasina | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2017 | 16/06/2017 | 1 |