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- Rare / Uncommon / Scarce
- care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely - quality photographs required. ID pointers: A very variable species but rests with a distinctive crease in the wing. Forewing usually brown or blackish brown, with pale or darker brown cross-bands.
Distribution: (Last record: 11/08/2024 at Cromford ) - Uncommon and local in the county, likely to be more common on the moors on Bilberry. Locally uncommon in the south on Holly and other trees and shrubs.
*** Last updated on 7 May 2025 by RP ***
Last Recorded Date: 11/08/2024
Last Recorded Year: 2024
Last Recorded By - Clive Ashton
Last Recorded General Area - Cromford
IMAGES BELOW: Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
49.223 BF1159 Rhopobota naevana - Holly Tortrix - Kings Newton, Derbyshire - July 2016 Tony Davison©
Distribution Map for Rhopobota naevana
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Found 47 records
↳ 0 from After 2025
↳ 23 from 2020 - 2024
↳ 24 from Before 2020
↳ 0 from After 2025
↳ 23 from 2020 - 2024
↳ 24 from Before 2020
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Monthly Records By Year: Rhopobota naevana
Monthly Counts By Year: Rhopobota naevana
Records Behind the Map and Charts - Rhopobota naevana – 47 records available
Listed by Year - descending
| Taxon | Site Name | Tetrad | Year | Date | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhopobota naevana | Sandiacre | SK43S | 2024 | 03/08/2024 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Norton Lees, Sheffield (VC57) | SK38L | 2024 | 19/07/2024 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Quarndon, Derbyshire | SK34F | 2024 | 10/07/2024 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Buxton (w) | SK07R | 2024 | 01/08/2024 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | upper cromford garden | SK25Y | 2024 | 11/08/2024 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | King's Newton | SK32Y | 2024 | 29/07/2024 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Brockwell Chesterfield , Derbyshire. | SK37Q | 2024 | 28/07/2024 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Buxton | SK07R | 2023 | 15/08/2023 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Ladycroft Ave, Buxton | SK07S | 2023 | 28/07/2023 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Buxton SK17, UK | SK07R | 2023 | 16/08/2023 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston | SK44K | 2022 | 29/07/2022 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Mickleover garden | SK33C | 2022 | 13/08/2022 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Hathersage, Derbyshire, UK | SK28F | 2021 | 26/07/2021 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Hathersage, Derbyshire, UK | SK28F | 2021 | 23/07/2021 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Main Street, Kings Newton | SK32Y | 2020 | 12/08/2020 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | The Mays, Malthouse Lane, Froggatt | SK27N | 2020 | 13-Jul-20 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | The Mays, Malthouse Lane, Froggatt | SK27N | 2020 | 26-Jun-20 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2020 | 11/08/2020 | 2 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Main Street, Kings Newton | SK32Y | 2020 | 14/08/2020 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Hathersage | SK28F | 2020 | 03/07/2020 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | The Mays, Malthouse Lane, Froggatt | SK27N | 2020 | 11-Jul-20 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | The Mays, Malthouse Lane, Froggatt | SK27N | 2020 | 14-Jun-20 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2020 | 09/08/2020 | 2 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Main Street, Kings Newton | SK32Y | 2019 | 15/07/2019 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Ramsley Moor and Reservoir | SK27X | 2019 | 16/07/2019 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Main Street, Kings Newton | SK32Y | 2019 | 17/07/2019 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Birch Vale | SK08I | 2018 | 15/07/2018 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Main Street, Kings Newton | SK32Y | 2018 | 19/07/2018 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Main Street, Kings Newton | SK32Y | 2018 | 17/07/2018 | 3 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Main Street, Kings Newton | SK32Y | 2017 | 01/07/2017 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Main Street, Kings Newton | SK32Y | 2016 | 18/07/2016 | 2 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Main Street, Kings Newton | SK32Y | 2016 | 20/07/2016 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Backgarden Marehay | SK34Z | 2016 | 28/07/2016 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | SK27N | 2015 | 12/09/2015 | 1 | |
| Rhopobota naevana | Millstone Edge | SK28K | 2015 | 17/08/2015 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Howden Resr | SK19L | 2010 | 25/08/2010 | 4 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Hardhurst Rd, Alvaston, Derby | SK33W | 2010 | 15/06/2010 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Hardhurst Rd, Alvaston, Derby | SK33W | 2010 | 12/06/2010 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Hardhurst Rd, Alvaston, Derby | SK33W | 2010 | 20/06/2010 | 2 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Hardhurst Rd, Alvaston, Derby | SK33W | 2010 | 21/06/2010 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Matlock Forest, Matlock | SK36C | 2009 | 11/06/2009 | 21 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Glossop (Shire Hill Quarry) | SK09M | 2008 | 22/07/2008 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Wood Lane,Newhall,Swadlincote | SK22V | 2006 | 04/08/2006 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Chunnal Moor (Gnat Hole Wood), Glossop | SK09G | 2003 | 24/08/2003 | 5 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Chunnal Moor, Glossop | SK09G | 2003 | 24/08/2003 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Cabin Clough, Coldharbour Moor, Glossop | SK09R | 1988 | 04/08/1988 | 1 |
| Rhopobota naevana | Hellbank Plantation, Beeley (site not precise) | SK26Y | 1984 | 03/08/1984 | 1 |