| 1968 |
Hilbre Island |
SJ1887 |
Adult |
1 |
Lunar Yellow Underwing, possible misidentification of N comes, Wallace and Wallace (1982) |
| 1967 |
29 Storeton Road, Oxton, Birkenhead |
SJ306871 |
Adult |
1 |
Dwarf Cream Wave - query record as not included on BRC card. exhibited at LCES 17/10/1968, LCES 91-93:32 |
| 1967 |
Longridge, Macclesfield Road, Alderley Edge |
SJ850778 |
Adult |
1+ |
Lead Belle. BRC Ref: V05_27644 Alderley Edge in SJ87. Only 50% of Manchester Museum July/Lead Belle specimens had been accurately determined. Dissection of this pair preferred to establish county status (CMR). |
| 1966 |
Pulford |
SJ3758 |
Adult |
3 |
Deep-brown Dart Creaser (1967), grid reference unknown, possibly recorders Rossett SJ374579 VC50 garden |
| 26 May 1964 |
Rostherne |
SJ7483 |
Adult |
1 |
Annulet - not this species, probably Mottled Beauty (CMR). grid reference not provided. |
| 1963 |
Abney Hall |
SJ8689 |
Not recorded |
1+ |
Wood Tiger - Requires confirmation as not mentioned in Smith (1948), Rutherford (1994). SJ861893 and site unsuitable (CMR) |
| 1963 |
Abney Hall |
SJ8689 |
Not recorded |
1+ |
Lackey - Requires confirmation as not mentioned in Rutherford (1994). SJ861893 |
| 1963 |
Abney Hall |
SJ8689 |
Not recorded |
1+ |
Fox Moth - requires confirmation as rare in this area (CMR). SJ861893 |
| 1962 |
Little Budworth Common |
SJ5865 |
Adult |
1 |
specimen (s) exhibited at LCES 18/10/1962, LCES 85-87:28, grid reference not provided |
| 1962 |
Prestbury |
SJ900768 |
Adult |
1 |
Flame Wainscot -queried and considered incorrect/dubious record by Butterfly Conservation during atlas verification (2018). only additions to SJ97, Lepidoptera record cards, Biological Records Centre, Monks Wood, probably a vagrant, Rutherford (1974) |
| 1961 |
Birkenhead School |
SJ299881 |
Adult |
1+ |
Dotted Border Wave -queried and considered incorrect/dubious record by Butterfly Conservation during atlas verification (2018). BRC Ref: V05_01501, Birkenhead and district in SJ28 |
| 1961 |
SJ65 |
SJ65 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Rutherford (1994). Only 50% of Manchester Museum July/Lead Belle specimens had been accurately determined. Dissection of this pair preferred to establish county status (CMR). |
| 1961 |
Birkenhead School |
SJ299881 |
Adult |
1+ |
July Belle. BRC Ref: V05_01447, Birkenhead and district in SJ28. Only 50% of Manchester Museum July/Lead Belle specimens had been accurately determined. Dissection of this pair preferred to establish county status (CMR). |
| 1961 |
SJ98 |
SJ98 |
Adult |
1+ |
July & Lead Belles. Only 50% of Manchester Museum July/Lead Belle specimens had been accurately determined. Dissection of this pair preferred to establish county status (CMR). |
| 1961 |
SJ38 |
SJ38 |
Adult |
1+ |
July Belle. BRC Ref: V05_06578. Only 50% of Manchester Museum July/Lead Belle specimens had been accurately determined. Dissection of this pair preferred to establish county status (CMR). |
| 1961 |
SJ68 |
SJ68 |
Not recorded |
1+ |
Deep-brown Dart. Included in Rutherford (1994) yet the site may be in VC59 |
| 10 Oct 1959 |
Wybunbury Moss |
SJ6950 |
Adult |
1 |
Plutella cluciforum - need to determines which species this is |
| 04 Aug 1959 |
Wybunbury Moss |
SJ6950 |
Adult |
1 |
Met bifasciata - need to determines which species this is |
| 04 Jul 1959 |
Stalybridge |
SJ9698 |
Adult |
1 |
Gold Spot. query due to date for possible Lempke's. grid reference not provided |
| 12 Jun 1959 |
Dukinfield |
SJ9396 |
Adult |
1 |
Pine Hawk-moth. bred ex pupa, unclear if pupa found locally. grid reference not provided |
| 03 Jul 1958 |
Wybunbury Moss |
SJ6950 |
Adult |
1 |
c pluvialis - need to determines which species this is, also abundant on 28/6/1959 |
| 18 Aug 1956 |
Wybunbury Moss |
SJ6950 |
Adult |
1 |
C macqucitellus - need to determines which species this is |
| 07 Jul 1956 |
Wybunbury Moss |
SJ6950 |
Adult |
1 |
S. surfosalis - need to determines which species this is. also recorded on \8/8/1956, 22/6/1957, 29/7/1957, 31/7/1957, 3/8/1957, 9/8/1957, 11/8/1957, 18/8/1957, 31/8/1957 (3), 5/7/1957, 30/8/1958 (8), 28/6/1959 few, 26/8/1961 |
| 07 Jul 1956 |
Wybunbury Moss |
SJ6950 |
Adult |
1 |
H druvicata - need to determines which species this is |
| 04 Jul 1956 |
Wybunbury Moss |
SJ6950 |
Adult |
1 |
Physis besula - bred ex larva - need to determines which species this is |
| 03 Jul 1956 |
Wybunbury Moss |
SJ6950 |
Adult |
1 |
C farinatella, bred ex larva- need to determines which species this is |
| 30 Jun 1956 |
Wybunbury Moss |
SJ6950 |
Adult |
1 |
E piosapiatia - bred from larva, emerging 30/6/1956 - need to determines which species this is |
| 22 Jun 1956 |
Wybunbury Moss |
SJ6950 |
Adult |
1 |
sociata - - need to determines which species this is |
| 09 Jun 1956 |
Wybunbury Moss |
SJ6950 |
Adult |
1 |
formerata, sociata, buinaularia & Lithocolletes oramerella all recorded - need to determines which species these are |
| 25 May 1954 |
Spital |
SJ3383 |
Adult |
1 |
L perlepidana, micro? - best guess but which species is this ? grid reference not provided. |
| 17 May 1953 |
Delamere |
SJ5570 |
Adult |
1 |
farillaceana - micro - best guess but which species is this ? grid reference not provided. |
| 1953 |
Delamere Post Office |
SJ561689 |
Adult |
1 |
July Belle - specimen (s) exhibited at LCES 20/10/1953, LCES 77-78:14 |
| 1953 |
Delamere Post Office |
SJ561689 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle - specimen (s) exhibited at LCES 20/10/1953, LCES 77-78:14 |
| 1953 |
Chester |
SJ4066 |
Adult |
1 |
White Colon -queried and considered incorrect/dubious record by Butterfly Conservation during atlas verification (2018). Grid Reference unknown, Rutherford (1981) |
| 1953 |
Nantwich |
SJ6451 |
Not recorded |
1 |
White-mantled Wainscot, must surely be a mis-identification of A. dissoluta (Brown-veined Wainscot), Rutherford (1994) |
| 22 Jun 1952 |
Gatley |
SJ8487 |
Adult |
1 |
E loctella - best guess but which species is this ? grid reference not provided. |
| 22 Jun 1952 |
Wilmslow |
SJ8381 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. grid reference not provided. Only 50% of Manchester Museum July/Lead Belle specimens had been accurately determined. Dissection of this pair preferred to establish county status (CMR). |
| 19 Jun 1952 |
Spital |
SJ3383 |
Adult |
1 |
E tsupunctana - best guess but which species is this ? grid reference not provided. |
| 23 May 1952 |
Cotterill Clough |
SJ8083 |
Adult |
1 |
A ulmata - which species is this ? grid reference not provided |
| 17 May 1952 |
Hatchmere |
SJ5572 |
Adult |
1 |
P dimidiana - which species is this ? grid reference not provided |
| 17 May 1952 |
Delamere Forest |
SJ5471 |
Adult |
1 |
X apodiceuriew - macro - best guess but which species is this ? light trapping, 600 yards west of the Hatchmere crossroads, grid reference not provided |
| 29 Apr 1952 |
Lindow Common |
SJ8380 |
Larval |
2 |
Scodonia fagiaria or fagiosia - which species is this ? Wilmslow Common, grid reference not provided, emerged 1/6/1952 |
| 28 Apr 1952 |
Lindow Common |
SJ8380 |
Larval |
2 |
S fagiaria or fagiosia - which species is this ? Wilmslow Common, grid reference not provided |
| 18 Nov 1951 |
Delamere Forest |
SJ5570 |
Adult |
6 |
Boreas hyemalis - 3 males, 3 females - which species is this ? grid reference not provided |
| 22 Sep 1951 |
Hatchmere |
SJ5572 |
Adult |
1 |
Ennomos siliaria - which species is this ? grid reference not provided, also on 26/9/1951 |
| 28 Aug 1951 |
Newchurch Common |
SJ6068 |
Adult |
1 |
Tethia ? Retusa confirm as Double Kidney, grid reference not provided |
| 1951 |
Red Rocks, Hoylake |
SJ2088 |
Adult |
1 |
Coast Dart -queried and considered incorrect/dubious record by Butterfly Conservation during atlas verification (2018). Creaser (2006), specimen in Creaser's collection, specimen (s) exhibited at LCES 16/10/1951, LCES 75-76:12, grid reference not provided. At Wallasey ... is of very rare occurrence, and although still common on the North Lancashire sandhills, it is less abundant than twenty years ago, owing to the encroachments of builders and golfers. LCES35:12 (1911). |
| 07 Jul 1951 |
Thurstaston |
SJ2484 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belles. grid reference not provided |
| 05 Aug 1950 |
Delamere |
SJ5570 |
Adult |
1 |
E pocitana - micro - best guess but which species is this ? grid reference not provided. |
| 04 Feb 1950 |
Cotterill Clough |
SJ8083 |
Adult |
4 |
Hybernia ?upicapiasia - which species is this ? grid reference not provided, |
| 1950 |
Birkenhead |
SJ2986 |
Not recorded |
1+ |
Yellow Belle -queried and considered incorrect/dubious record by Butterfly Conservation during atlas verification (2018). last recorded near Birkenhead by Rankin and Shapland, Rutherford (1994), grid reference unknown. |
| 18 Jun 1949 |
Delamere Forest |
SJ5570 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. RP did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 1949 |
Burton |
SJ3174 |
Not recorded |
1 |
E l?im?ariata - best guess but which species is this ? grid reference not provided. emerged 28/8/1949 |
| 1949 |
Wallasey |
SJ2892 |
Not recorded |
1 |
N in?coruata?v?a - best guess but which species is this ? grid reference not provided. emerged 30/6/1949 |
| 02 Oct 1948 |
Bebington |
SJ3285 |
Larval |
1 |
H a?erasa on raspberry - best guess but which species is this ? grid reference not provided. |
| 06 Jul 1948 |
Goyt Valley |
SK0172 |
Adult |
1 |
Noctiae pumilae - which species is this ? grid reference not provided |
| 06 Jul 1948 |
Goyt Valley |
SK0172 |
Adult |
1 |
Small Purple-barred - query this record (CMR), grid reference not provided |
| 21 Jun 1948 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 19 Jun 1948 |
Caldy |
SJ2285 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 12 Jun 1948 |
Thurstaston |
SJ2484 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 29 May 1948 |
Thurstaston Common |
SJ2484 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided, LCES 72:24 |
| 08 May 1948 |
The Street, Goyt Valley |
SK0175 |
Adult |
1 |
Dictaeople?yx ?ecta - which species is this ? Goyt Valley, grid reference not provided |
| 1948 |
Caldy |
SJ2285 |
Adult |
1 |
July Belle. Only 50% of Manchester Museum July/Lead Belle specimens had been accurately determined. Dissection of this pair preferred to establish county status (CMR). |
| 18 Aug 1947 |
Bebington |
SJ3285 |
Adult |
1 |
E similana ref 454 - best guess but which species is this ? grid reference not provided. |
| 15 Jul 1947 |
Wallasey |
SJ2892 |
Adult |
1 |
Dotted Border Wave -queried and considered incorrect/dubious record by Butterfly Conservation during atlas verification (2018). grid reference not provided |
| 17 Jun 1947 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 31 May 1947 |
Delamere Forest |
SJ5571 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. grid reference not provided. Only 50% of Manchester Museum July/Lead Belle specimens had been accurately determined. Dissection of this pair preferred to establish county status (CMR). |
| 31 May 1947 |
Delamere Forest |
SJ5571 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. grid reference not provided. Only 50% of Manchester Museum July/Lead Belle specimens had been accurately determined. Dissection of this pair preferred to establish county status (CMR). |
| 28 May 1947 |
Bebington |
SJ3285 |
Adult |
1 |
G l/biaentata - best guess but which species is this ? grid reference not provided. |
| 1946 |
Wilmslow |
SJ8381 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. locally common, grid reference not provided, Smith (1948). Only 50% of Manchester Museum July/Lead Belle specimens had been accurately determined. Dissection of this pair preferred to establish county status (CMR). |
| 09 Aug 1945 |
Bebington |
SJ3285 |
Adult |
1 |
E xloceata - best guess but which species is this ? grid reference not provided. |
| 16 Jun 1945 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 14 Jun 1945 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 24 May 1945 |
Bebington |
SJ3285 |
Not recorded |
1 |
H caerulata ref 459 - best guess but which species is this ? grid reference not provided. |
| 21 May 1945 |
Delamere Forest |
SJ5570 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 24 Mar 1945 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 1945 |
Delamere |
SJ5570 |
Adult |
1 |
Dentated Pug - First Cheshire record since Ellis list (1887). Grid Reference unknown. Mansbridge & Wright (1949), Requires confirmation as not mentioned in Smith (1948), (1949), Rutherford (1994) |
| 07 Aug 1944 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 17 Jul 1944 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 13 Jul 1944 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 08 Jul 1944 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 05 Jul 1944 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 25 Jun 1944 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 21 Jun 1944 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 10 Jun 1944 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 1944 |
Northwich |
SJ6572 |
Adult |
1+ |
Dotted Border Wave -queried and considered incorrect/dubious record by Butterfly Conservation during atlas verification (2018). grid reference unknown, Smith (1948) |
| 03 Jul 1943 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 30 Jun 1943 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 27 Jun 1943 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 13 Jun 1943 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 09 Jun 1943 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 05 Jun 1943 |
Storeton Woods |
SJ3185 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 27 Jul 1942 |
Bebington |
SJ3285 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 1940 |
Birkenhead School |
SJ299881 |
Adult |
1+ |
Dotted Border Wave -queried and considered incorrect/dubious record by Butterfly Conservation during atlas verification (2018). BRC Ref: V05_01679, Birkenhead and district in SJ28 |
| 1940 |
Birkenhead School |
SJ299881 |
Adult |
1+ |
July Belle. BRC Ref: V05_01628, Birkenhead and district in SJ28. Only 50% of Manchester Museum July/Lead Belle specimens had been accurately determined. Dissection of this pair preferred to establish county status (CMR). |
| 1940 |
Wybunbury Moss |
SJ6950 |
Adult |
1 |
Brown-tail, pre 1958 - ex English Nature via Bill Bellamy -Requires confirmation as not mentioned in Smith (1948), Rutherford (1994) |
| 1940 |
Carrington |
SJ7492 |
Adult |
1+ |
Silky Wave - requires confirmation, as only known from three sites nationally. grid reference unknown, Smith (1948) |
| 1940 |
Rostherne Mere |
SJ7483 |
Not recorded |
1+ |
Maple Pug, BRC Ref: V05_22509 - Requires confirmation as not mentioned in Smith (1948), Rutherford (1994), Riley (2003) |
| 24 Jun 1939 |
Overdale Avenue, Barnston |
SJ2884 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
| 21 Jun 1939 |
Overdale Avenue, Barnston |
SJ2884 |
Adult |
1 |
Lead Belle. Recorder did not differentiate between July & Lead Belle. grid reference not provided |
