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- Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant 
- Migrant
- easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.ID pointers: A variable medium sized moth. Forewing can be shades of dark purplish through to pale sandy-brown. Hind wing has a broad black border. Forewing has a darker brown cross-band near the outer edge and a dark cross-line through the middle of the wing. Some individuals show hardly any obvious markings. Kidney & oval marks have a dark central spot.
Distribution: (Last record: 25/10/2024 at Kirk Hallam ) - Last Recorded October 2024 – A scarce immigrant to Derbyshire. During 2006 an unprecedented number of Scarce Bordered Straw moths arrived in Britain. During this invasion the species was added to the Derbyshire List as a genuine vagrant. The following images were from specimens trapped in my garden. In 2017 two individuals were recorded and a further specimen from Buxton in 2018. A specimen trapped 28th July 2022 at a time of numerous migrant moths in the UK. One trapped at Chaddesden, Derby during September 2023 by Martin Roome. A caterpillar discovered in flowers in Burton-on-Trent in April 2024, emerged as an adult on 10/6/2024. Two individuals recorded in October 2024 during a time of high migrant moth activity across the UK.
Forewing: 16-19mm
Last Recorded Date: 25/10/2024
Last Recorded By: Brian Hobby
Last Recorded General Area: Kirk Hallam
No First Date Information Recorded
IMAGES BELOW: Melbourne, Derbyshire – Sept & Oct 2006 – Tony Davison© / Buxton, Derbyshire – July 2022 – Rowan Wakefield© Chaddesden Sept2023 – Martin Roome©
Scarce Bordered Straw - 25th October 2024 - Kirk Hallam - Brian Hobby
Scarce Bordered Straw - 18th October - Melbourne - Richard Winspear
Scarce Bordered Straw 16th September 2006 - Melbourne Tony Davison©
Scarce Bordered Straw 16th September 2006 - Melbourne Tony Davison©
