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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
31 May 2001 Gleneagles Road, Heald Green SJ853863 Adult 1
02 Apr 2001 Newgate SJ8281 Larval 1+ emerged 18.5.2001
06 Jan 2001 Middlewood Way, Hazel Grove SJ9486 Larval 1+ in Centaurea nigra seedheads, emerged 9.6.2001
31 Dec 2000 Brinnington SJ9192 Larval 1+
25 Dec 2000 Brock Quarry, Moreton SJ2489 Larval 1+ grid reference provided SJ245895 on Centaurea nigra seedheads, emerged 29.6.2001
26 Jun 2000 Jacksons Brickworks, Higher Poynton SJ9484 Adult 3
27 Sep 1998 Sale Water Park SJ8092 Larval 1+ emerged 4.6.1999 from Centaurea nigra seedheads
28 Mar 1998 Newbridge Pools, Winsford SJ6568 Larval 1+ from Centaurea nigra seedheads
27 Sep 1997 Blakenhall SJ7147 Larval 1+ from Centaurea nigra seedheads
12 Jul 1997 Navigation Cop, Chester SJ3966 Adult 1
04 Jul 1997 Bollin Valley, Prestbury SJ9076 Adult 3
16 Jun 1997 Bollin Valley, Prestbury SJ9076 Adult 2
28 May 1997 Danes Moss SJ9070 Adult 1 swept from Black Knapweed
13 Apr 1997 Riverside Park, Macclesfield SJ9075 Larval 1+ Black Knapweed seedheads collected, emerged 20.5.1997
12 Apr 1997 Oldcastle Mill SJ4644 Larval 1+ from Black Knapweed seedheads, emerged 29.5.1997
19 Jul 1996 Danes Moss SJ9070 Adult 2
25 Jun 1996 Old Clay Pits SBI, Gee Cross SJ942938 Adult 1
02 Mar 1996 Marple Locks SJ9689 Pupal 1 emerged from Knapweed Seedheads 21/6/1996
02 Nov 1995 Woods Moor SJ9087 Pupal 1+ collected Knapweek seedheads - emerged 19/7/1996
11 Dec 1994 Park Pit, Poynton SJ9384 Pupal 1+ from Knapweed seedheads - emerged 14/7/1995
25 Jun 1993 Jacksons Brickworks, Higher Poynton SJ9484 Adult 1
22 Jun 1993 Jacksons Brickworks, Higher Poynton SJ9484 Adult 1
24 Jun 1992 Hazel Grove Golf Course SJ9386 Adult 1
07 Jun 1992 Balmoral Grove, Hazel Grove SJ928871 Adult 1
03 Jul 1991 Balmoral Grove, Hazel Grove SJ928871 Adult 1
18 Jun 1989 Balmoral Grove, Hazel Grove SJ928871 Adult 1
29 Jun 1988 Balmoral Grove, Hazel Grove SJ928871 Adult 1
28 Jun 1984 Warburton's Wood, Kingsley SJ5576 Adult 1+ Frequent
26 Jun 1982 Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve SJ3482 Adult 1 SJ345828
10 Jun 1979 Warburton's Wood, Kingsley SJ5576 Adult 1 Centroid grid reference. Specimen in determiners collection.
27 Mar 1964 Morley SJ8182 Larval 1+ grid reference unknown, Taylor (1966)
04 Jul 1962 Bramhall SJ8984 Adult 1 grid reference unknown, Taylor (1966)
1957 Gatley SJ8487 Larval 6 bred ex black knapweed, emerging 24/7 (2), 18-26/7/1957 (4), grid reference not provided
1955 Burleyhurst Bridge SJ8181 Not recorded 1+ Site: Bollin Valley, Burleyhurst. date and grid reference unknown. Michaelis (1955) county status: scarce and local ML (1940), has been noted from a number of localities and is probably common among Centaurea nigra, LCES 77-78:59
1953 Morley SJ8182 Larval 1+ date and grid reference unknown, Wilmslow Mosses, larva inside seedheads collected in Nov, Michaelis (1953)
1950 Gatley SJ8487 Larval 1+ locally common in heads of Centaurea nigra, Oct - Nov 1950, emerging July 1951.Grid Reference not provided, Ent. Rec. 64:178-179. Michaelis (1954), specimen (s) exhibited at LCES 20/11/1951, LCES 75-76:14
1950 Cotterill Clough SJ8083 Larval 1 emerged 21/7/1951, Michaelis (1954), LCES 77-78:59
1949 Gatley SJ8487 Adult 2 New Cheshire record. Grid Reference not provided, Ent. Rec. 64:178-179. Mansbridge & Wright (1950), LCES 77-78:59, Exhibited at the Lancs & Ches Ent Soc Exh 18/10/1949 LCES 73:11
1944 Storeton Woods SJ3185 Adult 1+ grid reference not provided
1859 Cheshire Unknown Adult 2 site: near Crewe, grid reference not provided. Zoologist 6:189


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