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Satin Lutestring
Tetheella fluctuosa (Hubner, [1803])
Drepanidae: Thyatirinae
1656 / 65.012
Photo © Peter Hall

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Common Lutestring
Ochropacha duplaris
Forewing: 17-21mm
Flight: June - August
Foodplant:   Silver and Downy Birch
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB status: Common
Former Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

An uncommon and local species, absent from the north of the region.

Found in mature broadleaved woodland and heath.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 31 (22%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1887.
Last Recorded in 2023.
(Data up to end 2023)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2023)
Date#VC10k Area
12/07/20231636SO47 - Leintwardine/Mortimer Forest
12/07/2023+36SO47 - Leintwardine/Mortimer Forest
12/07/2023+36SO47 - Leintwardine/Mortimer Forest
30/06/2023136SO51 - Doward & Goodrich
15/06/2023237SO95 - Upton Snodsbury
Further info: Tetheella fluctuosa
 
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