73.263 BF2157 – Light Brocade – Lacanobia w-latinum – (Hufnagel, 1766)
Adult Macro: CAT 2 – Can be confused with other species – Good photographs may be required – 
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– Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant
– easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.ID pointers: A very diagnostic and unmistakable species.
Distribution: (First record: 25 May 2019 at Sandiacre ) – (Last record: 24 May 2023 at Belper ) – Current status unsure, as no previous records published prior to 2018. The latest specimen was trapped in a Belper garden on 24th May 2023. It appears the first county record may well have been one trapped in Sandiacre on 25th May 2019. A further one trapped at Breaston on 6th June 2021. Classed as reasonably common south of the Midlands, but rare elsewhere. I would suggest this is a rare species in Derbyshire.
General Comment: None *** Last updated on 26 May 2026 by TD ***
Forewing: 18-21mm
Last Recorded Year: 2023
First Recorded Year: 2019
Last Recorded By – Dave Evans
Last Recorded General Area – Belper
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Temporal Distribution Chart
Adults: (between 2001 - 2026)
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