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Plusia festucae Gold Spot

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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
1920 Wallasey SJ2792 Adult 1+ occasional, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1918 Sale SJ7691 Adult 1 taken at flowers in his garden at Ashton-on-Mersey, during June and July, 1918. specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 2/10/1918, Man Ent Soc 16:15, grid reference not provided
1917 Wythenshawe Park SJ8289 Adult 1 Wythenshawe Wood, Northenden site unknown, SJ88 or SJ89, possibly Wythenshawe Park, specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 3/4/1918, Man Ent Soc 16:11, grid reference not provided,
1917 Wallasey Dunes SJ2792 Adult 1 Plusia festucae, exhibited at Lancs & Ches Ent Soc 15/10/1917, LCES 40-41:35, The Entom. 51:24, grid reference not provided
1917 Sale SJ7691 Adult 1 Plusia festucae The Entom. 50:208. common in the garden this year, grid reference not provided, LCFC 1918:13-16.
1917 Alvanley SJ4974 Adult 1+ common 1917-1921, LCES 45-46:50. Plusia festucae a nice series from his garden in Alvanley, The Entom. 51:48. , LCES 40-41:37, fairly common, Smith (1948)
1915 Wythenshawe Park SJ8289 Not recorded 1 Wythenshawe Wood, Northenden site unknown, SJ88 or SJ89, possibly Wythenshawe Park.
1914 Carrington SJ7392 Adult 1 specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 7/10/1914, Man Ent Soc 12:11, exibited at the Lancs & Ches Ent Soc 7/10/1914, The Entom. 48:71, grid reference not provided
1903 Abbots Moss SJ5968 Pupal 1+ undated, in cocoons on bog bean, Day (1903)
1903 Chester SJ4066 Adult 1+ undated, 2 broods, Day (1903)
1903 Stockport SJ8989 Not recorded 1 undated, Day (1903)
1903 Bowdon SJ7587 Not recorded 1+ undated, Day (1903)
1903 Knutsford SJ7479 Not recorded 1+ undated, a few, Day (1903)
1903 Carrington SJ7392 Not recorded 1+ undated, Day (1903)
1903 Hatchmere SJ5572 Not recorded 1 undated, Day (1903)
1903 White Hall, Tarporley SJ5966 Not recorded 1+ undated, Day (1903)
1903 Edge Green SJ4850 Not recorded 1+ undated, Day (1903)
1903 Vicars Cross SJ4466 Not recorded 1+ undated, fairly common, Day (1903)
1903 Chester SJ4066 Not recorded 1+ undated, from iris and reeds, Day (1903)
1903 Leasowe SJ2591 Not recorded 1+ undated, scarce of recent years, Day (1903), grid reference unknown.
09 Sep 1901 Chester SJ4065 Adult 1 The Entom. 35:118, grid reference not provided
31 Aug 1901 Chester SJ4066 Pupal 4 from sedges by a pond-side, emerged 2/9, 13/9/1901. The Entom. 35:116 , grid reference not provided
1898 Chester SJ4066 Adult 1+ 2 broods. Day (1903)
1898 Chester SJ4066 Adult 1 grid reference unknown
1898 Chester SJ4066 Adult 1 left antennae, bottom left wing and base of middle missing, grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum.
1897 Sealand Road, Blacon SJ3766 Larval 1 Sealand Road, bred from larvae, grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum, from iris and reeds Day (1903)
07 Aug 1895 Sealand Road, Blacon SJ3766 Pupal 3 also two larvae spinning up, two more on 9/8/1895 and others on 15 & 20/8/1895, emergence 20/8-7/9/1895
18 Aug 1894 Sealand Road, Blacon SJ3766 Pupal 3 three more on 24/8/1894, two more plus a larva on 27/8/1894. Two retained emerged 29/8 & 1/9/1894 Smiths Ponds, grid reference unknown
13 Jun 1894 Sealand Road, Blacon SJ3766 Pupal 6 also one on 20/6/1894. First emerged 29/6/1894, 3 on 1/7/1894 an dlast on 5/7/1894. Smiths Ponds, grid reference unknown. Ent. Rec. 5:208
06 Jun 1894 Sealand Road, Blacon SJ3766 Larval 1 Smiths Ponds, grid reference unknown
18 Aug 1893 Ince Marsh SJ4676 Larval 1+ bred from larvae on various aquatic plants. 1893 was a very good year for this species. I saw nearly 100 spevimens which had been taken by Mr Collins near Warrington, grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum, Day (1903)
03 Aug 1893 Sealand Road, Blacon SJ3766 Pupal 7 3 emerged 7/8/1893, 2 on 16/8/1893, 1 on 18/8/1893, the seventh pupa died. Smiths Ponds, grid reference unknown.
06 May 1893 Sealand Road, Blacon SJ3766 Pupal 6 emerged 5-10/6/1893 in Smiths Ponds, grid reference unknown, specimen(s) in the Grosvenor Museum, from iris and reeds Day (1903)
1890 Cheadle Hulme SJ8686 Not recorded 1+ undated - rare, Ellis (1890)
1890 Alderley Edge SJ8377 Not recorded 1+ undated - rare, Ellis (1890)
1890 Bowdon SJ7587 Not recorded 1+ undated, Ellis (1890)
1890 Heatley SJ7088 Not recorded 1+ undated, common, Ellis (1890)
1885 Chester SJ4066 Not recorded 1+ undated, Walker (1885)
1885 Puddington SJ3273 Not recorded 1+ undated, Walker (1885)
1885 Birkenhead SJ2986 Not recorded 1+ undated, Walker (1885)
1854 Brushes Valley SJ9999 Not recorded 1+ Records extracted from various publications to establish a lepidoptera list at Staley Brushes. Underwood (1970). The publications from which the records were extracted are not known now but were relied on at the time. Data was also extracted from local museums and libraries.
1800 SJ98 SJ98 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V06_00835, date pre 1941
1800 Lymm SJ6887 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_18482, Lymm in SJ68, pre 1941


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