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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. ID pointers: The forewing is blackish-brown to blackish with a few whitish, markings and scales. A black longitudinal streak at about one half and a faint whitish angled cross-band at about three-quarters. On the folded wing the cilia show as a pale band.
Distribution: (First record: 19/07/2024 at Chaddesden, Derby ) - (Last record: 20/07/2024 at Chaddesden, Derby ) - A first record of this species since 1916. One attracted to a garden light trap in Chaddesden, Derby on 19th July 2024. Incredibly another specimen was recorded on 20th July 2024 from another garden light trap in Chaddesden, Derby. Nationally it is a local species, extending its range upwards from south-east England to the north-west.
*** Last updated on 10 March 2025 by RP ***
Last Recorded Date: 20/07/2024
Last Recorded By: Martin Roome
Last Recorded General Area: Chaddesden, Derby
First Recorded Date: 19/07/2024
IMAGES BELOW: Chaddesden, Derbyshire – Neil Loverock © / Chaddesden 20/7/2024 – Martin Roome©
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