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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: An attractive moth, with bluish, reddish, russet and white markings on the forewing. A prominent white costal blotch towards the apex and several raised scale tufts on the dorsum.
Distribution: (Last record: 16/03/2025 at Buxton ) - Significant record despite being well distributed across much of Britain and an abundance of the food plant in the county – 7 records published by Harrison & Sterling with the last one in 1975 Matlock Forest – one recorded 30th June 2020 from Buxton.
*** Last updated on 16 March 2025 by TD ***
Last Recorded Date: 16/03/2025
Last Recorded Year: 2020
Last Recorded By - Steve Orridge
Last Recorded General Area - Buxton
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