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- Rare / Uncommon / Scarce
- care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely - quality photographs required. Confusion Species: A. rubigana
ID pointers: Forewing is a creamy whitish, usually suffused with brownish-yellow and greyish. An orange-brown or reddish-brown angled cross-band at about one half and another more obscured towards the apex.
Distribution: (Last record: 20/06/2024 at Buxton ) - Although a nationally common species, this moth seems very scarce and localised across the county, favouring the north-west and found on Thistles.
*** Last updated on 7 May 2025 by RP ***
Last Recorded Date: 20/06/2024
Last Recorded Year: 2024
Last Recorded By - Ian White
Last Recorded General Area - Buxton
IMAGES BELOW: Buxton, Derbyshire – Steve Orridge© / Belper – Dave Evans©
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Distribution Map for Aethes cnicana
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Found 33 records
↳ 0 from After 2025
↳ 15 from 2020 - 2024
↳ 18 from Before 2020
↳ 0 from After 2025
↳ 15 from 2020 - 2024
↳ 18 from Before 2020
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Monthly Records By Year: Aethes cnicana
Monthly Counts By Year: Aethes cnicana
Records Behind the Map and Charts - Aethes cnicana – 33 records available
Listed by Year - descending
| Taxon | Site Name | Tetrad | Year | Date | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aethes cnicana | Buxton (w) | SK07R | 2024 | 20/06/2024 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Darley Bridge | SK26Q | 2024 | 14/07/2024 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Hollinsclough | SK06N | 2024 | 17/06/2024 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Belper | SK34N | 2023 | 14/06/2023 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2023 | 20/06/2023 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2022 | 17/06/2022 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2022 | 24/06/2022 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2022 | 21/06/2022 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Ninelands Road | SK28F | 2021 | 23/07/2021 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2021 | 16/06/2021 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | BROWN LOW | SJ99V | 2021 | 22/06/2021 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Hathersage, Derbyshire, UK | SK28F | 2021 | 23/06/2021 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2020 | 22/06/2020 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2020 | 15/06/2020 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2020 | 23/06/2020 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2019 | 17/06/2019 | 2 |
| Aethes cnicana | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2019 | 10/07/2019 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Trowell Marsh LNR | SK43U | 2018 | 07/07/2018 | 2 |
| Aethes cnicana | Shirland - Hallfieldgate Lane | SK35Z | 2017 | 06/07/2017 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Trent Lock | SK43V | 2016 | 16/07/2016 | 2 |
| Aethes cnicana | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2016 | 22/06/2016 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2015 | 09/07/2015 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Jim Mart Nature Reserve | SK36S | 2015 | 09/07/2015 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Ladycroft Ave | SK07S | 2013 | 05/07/2013 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Ladycroft Ave | SK07S | 2013 | 21/06/2013 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | The Hollies,Station Rd,Darley Dale | SK26R | 2011 | 04/07/2011 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Dale Rd (grassland), Buxton | SK07R | 2011 | 03/06/2011 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Beeley Triangle, Beeley Moor, Beeley | SK26Y | 2011 | 04/07/2011 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Biggin Dale, nr Hartington | SK15P | 2010 | 06/07/2010 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Biggin Dale, nr Hartington | SK15P | 2010 | 12/06/2010 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Midway Rd,Midway,Swadlincote | SK32A | 2009 | 10/07/2009 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Calke Park Whimsey Field | SK32R | 2003 | 06/07/2003 | 1 |
| Aethes cnicana | Cunning Dale, Buxton (site not precise) | SK07W | 1997 | 07/07/1997 | 1 |