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Helicoverpa armigera Scarce Bordered Straw

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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
26 Jul 2006 East Downs Road, Cheadle Hulme SJ868869 Adult 1+
30 May 2006 Linley Lane, Alsager SJ819545 Adult 1
2006 Backford Cross CH66 2EX SJ386735 Adult 1 confirmed CMR from photo
02 Nov 2005 Knowle Close, Great Sutton SJ381751 Adult 1 photo available, noted in annual report
01 Dec 2004 Bredbury SJ9291 Larval 1+ grid reference provided SJ923917 Morrison Store, single, well grown, larva found inside a lettuce bought a few days before at the local supermarket (Morrisons). will hopefully rear through. photos taken. noted in annual report
01 Oct 2003 Knowle Close, Great Sutton SJ381751 Adult 1 Photo available, noted in annual report
19 Aug 2003 Allostock SJ745712 Adult 1 noted in 2004 annual report
2002 Heswall SJ2681 Larval 1 undated, on occasions in bunches of carnations purchased from Tesco's. LCES 124:50
05 Oct 2000 Broomhall, Nantwich SJ628472 Adult 1
26 Sep 1996 The Willows, Frodsham SJ522777 Adult 1 referred to in Ian Rutherford's 1996 moth report
10 Sep 1996 Hilbre Island, observatory garden SJ185878 Adult 1 specimen in determiners collection
1996 SJ36 SJ36 Not recorded 1+ referred to in Ian Rutherford's 1996 moth report
20 Sep 1988 Gleneagles Road, Heald Green SJ853863 Adult 1
10 Sep 1988 Laneside Drive, Bramhall SJ902862 Adult 1 confirmed G Lightfoot
08 Sep 1988 Longridge, Macclesfield Road, Alderley Edge SJ850778 Adult 1 First record of the year, numbers not counted
1988 Chester SJ4065 Adult 1 ex tomato from M&S, grid reference unknown
17 Sep 1987 Longridge, Macclesfield Road, Alderley Edge SJ850778 Adult 1 first county record since 1901
1950 Hoylake Langfields SJ2288 Adult 1 var. pallida bred from larva found in a Canary Island tomato at Hoylake, specimen (s) exhibited at LCES 17/10/1950, LCES 74:13, grid reference not provided
09 Sep 1901 Chester SJ4066 Adult 1 Heliothis armigera The Entom. 35:118, Day (1903)
1897 Wallasey SJ2692 Larval 1 bred from tomatoes, LCES 21:24, grid reference not provided
1897 Chester SJ4066 Larval 1+ grid reference unknown. from Canary Island tomatoes, only two reared. Larvae found yearly in tomatoes
24 Sep 1896 Chester SJ4066 Larval 1 Imported with Lisbon tomatoes
04 Jun 1896 Chester SJ4066 Larval 20 among Valencia tomatoes, reared seven moths which emerged 17-25/7/1896.
1893 Chester SJ4065 Larval 2 Heliothis armigera. Imported from Spain on Valencia tomatoes, June 1893, emerged 9/7, 19/7/1893. Grid ref not provided. Entom. 27:138
1890 Stalybridge SJ9598 Not recorded 1+ Heliothis armigera. (Brit. Assocn. Handbook, 1887). Man Ent Soc 12:47. undated, Ellis (1887)
15 Nov 1857 Bromborough SJ3583 Adult 1 one found in the salt marsh near the mouth of Bromborough Pool, Walker (1885), exhibited at the North. Ent. Soc., 26/12/1857, The Zool. 16:5947, grid reference not provided


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