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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: A relatively pale brown and drably marked species, which has scalloped edges to both fore and hind-wings. The scalloping is more noticeable on the hind-wings.
Distribution: (First record: 1986 ) - (Last record: 2023 ) - Added to the county list in 1986. Uncommon and locally distributed. One trapped in a Sandiacre garden overnight of 28th June 2023. Possibly the first record of the adult since 1986, although larvae were found in Hopton Wood in 2006, indicating that the species was still present in the area where it was first found in 1986.
Forewing: 13-16mm
Last Recorded Year: 2023
Last Recorded By: Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area: Not Recorded
First Recorded Year: 1986
IMAGES BELOW: Image by Paul Buxton © – Sandiacre, Derbyshire – 28th/29th June 2023.
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