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Pyrrhia umbra Bordered Sallow

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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
19 Jul 2022 Bridgend, Mickle Trafford SJ450700 Adult 1 No photo held but two of us looked at it, checked Frosted Orange and also saw hind wing pattern etc. Thought I'd seen it before, but hadn't!
29 May 2020 Inchcape Road, Wallasey SJ289924 Adult 1 photo on iRecord
15 Jul 2017 Common Lane, Waverton SJ455639 Adult 1 photo on Cheshire Moth Forum
07 Jul 2017 Mudhouse Lane, Burton SJ32427465 Adult 1
06 Jul 2017 Mudhouse Lane, Burton SJ32427465 Adult 1 photo on Cheshire Moth Forum
21 Jun 2016 Merlin Close, Upton, Wirral SJ256887 Adult 1
30 Jun 2015 Merlin Close, Upton, Wirral SJ256887 Adult 1
11 Jul 2014 Pemberton Close, Willaston SJ332778 Adult 1
21 Jul 2010 Red Rocks, Hoylake SJ2088 Adult 1
22 Jun 2010 Red Rocks, Hoylake SJ2088 Adult 2 grid reference provided SJ204882 photo available
07 Sep 2009 Sparks Lane, Thingwall SJ276845 Larval 1
22 Aug 2006 Red Rocks, Hoylake SJ2087 Adult 1
15 Jul 2003 Red Rocks, Hoylake SJ2088 Adult 2 grid reference SJ205882 noted in annual report
18 Jul 2002 Highfield Road, Birkenhead SJ329862 Adult 1
15 Jul 2002 Highfield Road, Birkenhead SJ329862 Adult 1
15 Aug 1998 Wallasey Dunes SJ2792 Larval 1+ on rest harrow at SJ277925
08 Aug 1998 Thurstaston SJ2483 Larval 1+ on restharrow
31 Jul 1992 Bradwell Road, Hazel Grove SJ921855 Adult 1 conf. CMR et.al.
1991 SJ36 SJ36 Adult 1+ Included in Rutherford (1994), yet the site is in Flintshire
26 Jun 1982 Briardale Road, Willaston SJ331779 Adult 1
1981 Marsh Cottage, Denhall, Burton SJ299749 Adult 1
1975 Thurstaston SJ2483 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_02267, Thurstaston area in SJ28
1973 Wallasey SJ2792 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_02495, site Wallasey in SJ29

1970 Bidston Hill SJ2889 Adult 1 No quantity recorded.
25 Jul 1969 Alvanley Road, Helsby SJ489751 Adult 1 Creaser (1971)
1964 Meols SJ2390 Adult 1 exhibited at LCES 22/10/1964, LCES 88-90:18
22 Jul 1963 Bridgenorth Road, Pensby SJ264837 Adult 1 SJ267837, very fresh specimen, Creaser (2006)
1963 Meols SJ2390 Adult 1 specimen (s) exhibited at LCES 24/10/1963, LCES 85-87:49
28 Jul 1962 Bridgenorth Road, Pensby SJ264837 Adult 1 very worn specimen, Creaser (2006)
1956 Wilmslow SJ8481 Adult 1 grid reference not recorded, LCFC 1954-56:73.
1925 Wallasey SJ2792 Larval 1+ occasional, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1925 Wallasey SJ2792 Larval 1+ exhibited at the Lancs & Ches Ent Soc meeting 20/10/1925, LCES 47-51:36, grid reference not provided, fairly common, Smith (1948)
27 Jun 1919 Blacon SJ3767 Adult 1 on sugared hogweed, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1903 Chester SJ4066 Adult 1 undated, Day (1903)
1903 Wallasey SJ2792 Not recorded 1+ undated, fairly common, Day (1903)
1903 Wallasey SJ2792 Not recorded 1+ undated, fairly common, Day (1903)
1903 Wallasey SJ2792 Not recorded 1+ undated, fairly common, Day (1903)
1903 Chester SJ4066 Not recorded 1+ undated, Day (1903)
1903 Wallasey SJ2792 Larval 1+ undated, larvae common, Day (1903)
1896 Wallasey SJ2792 Adult 1 grid reference not provided. fairly common, Day (1903)
1885 New Ferry SJ3485 Not recorded 1+ generally scarce, undated, Walker (1885)
1885 Wallasey SJ2792 Not recorded 1+ undated generally scarce, Walker (1885), usually common at Wallasey, recorded by all those who collected there, Mansbridge (1940)
1854 New Brighton SJ3094 Not recorded 3 heliothis marginata. Byerley (1854)
1854 New Brighton SJ3094 Not recorded 1+ very rare. undated. Heliothis marginata. Byerley (1854)
1849 New Brighton SJ3094 Adult 1 Heliothis marginata, rare moth in good condition found at rest on the grass under a wall by Theodore Robson, The Zool. 7:2547, grid reference not provided. Byerley (1854)


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Updated: 19th April 2025