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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 brown or a dull grey-brown with an obvious contrasting brown cross-band that is wavy and jagged on the outer edge and that is finely bordered with a chalky white edging. there are two blackish spots near the pointed wing tip. The cross-band appears “pinched in” towards the trailing edge of the forewing.
Distribution: (First record: 1980 at Shardlow ) - (Last record: 13/08/2016 at Marehay, Ripley ) - A resident that is locally rare, in Derbyshire, with the possibility of vagrancy not being ruled out. First 2 records – 1980 & 1981 – Shardlow/Long Eaton. Then three records from two sites near Ripley in 2012,2013 & 2016 would indicate a small localised colony.
*** Last updated on 11 March 2025 by RP ***
Last Recorded Date: 13/08/2016
Last Recorded By: Steve Thorpe
Last Recorded General Area: Marehay, Ripley
First Recorded Year: 1980
IMAGES BELOW: Ripley – 13/8/2016 – Steve Thorpe©
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