Sunday 28 August 2016

Agonopterix liturosa

One of these came to our house lights last night in Loosley Row. Could someone please let me know its status in Bucks.

Thanks,
Nigel


2 comments:

  1. Hi Nigel, it is relatively common and widespread. There are more than 100 Bucks records from most areas of the county except the far north and its absence there is probably just under-recording. There are concentrations of records in the Chilterns as well as in the ancient oak woodlands of the old Bernwood hunting forest, hardly surprising as its larval stage uses St John's Wort which is itself quite widespread. I get it annually in the garden here at Westcott and we had at least a couple at the Dancersend BIG meeting last night.

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  2. Hi Dave, thanks for the info.

    Nigel

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