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- Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant
- easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.ID pointers: Unmistakable.
Distribution: (Last record: 30/07/2024 ) - Latest Record – 30th July 2024. The first record for Derbyshire of this attractive species of Tiger Moth was photographed by Theresa Floyd Sperry in her garden in Clowne on 9th September 2020, SK4821 75199. It seems to be of the form lutescens which shows yellow coloured hind wings as apposed to the nominate form (quadripunctaria) which shows bright orange coloured hind wings. A second specimen was recorded from Chaddesden to light on 30th July 2024, also of the form lutescens.
Once restricted to the Channel Islands and parts of the south coast, it now seems to be expanding its range rather rapidly. It is still a major rarity this far north and so it is uncertain how this specimen arrived in a garden in Clowne, Derbyshire. A record this year also from Worksop, Notts and one from South Lincolnshire, close to the Notts border. So it is spreading.
Once restricted to the Channel Islands and parts of the south coast, it now seems to be expanding its range rather rapidly. It is still a major rarity this far north and so it is uncertain how this specimen arrived in a garden in Clowne, Derbyshire. A record this year also from Worksop, Notts and one from South Lincolnshire, close to the Notts border. So it is spreading.
Forewing: 28-33mm
Last Recorded Date: 30/07/2024
Last Recorded By: Martin Roome
Last Recorded General Area: Not Recorded
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IMAGES BELOW: Clowne, Derbyshire – Theresa Floyd Sperry © – per Mick Ball. / 2nd record 30th July 2024 – Chaddesden – Martin Roome ©
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