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Plume sp. Plume Moth species

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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
07 Aug 2024 Birchall Moss, Hatherton SJ684463 Adult 1 Adaina microdactyla
25 Jul 2024 Ingleton Road, Edgeley SJ88228947 Adult 1 Amblyptilia punctidactyla
27 Jul 2023 Farr Hall Drive, Heswall SJ262812 Adult 1
05 Jul 2023 Birchall Moss, Hatherton SJ684463 Adult 1 Adaina microdactyla
28 Apr 2023 Thornton Avenue, Higher Bebington SJ316857 Adult 1 Brindled Plume. Photo posted on Cheshire Moth Facebook Group
28 Aug 2022 Athol Road, Bramhall SJ887842 Adult 1
27 Aug 2022 Ingleton Road, Edgeley SJ88228947 Adult 1 Amblyptilia punctidactyla
14 Aug 2022 Holly Court, Helsby SJ492760 Adult 1 Adaina microdactyla. Photos on Cheshire Moths Group on Facebook 15/08/2022 not confirmed. Small, WL 8mm, leg spikes same length
13 Aug 2022 Dane Road, Sale SJ800923 Adult 1
13 Aug 2022 Birchall Moss, Hatherton SJ684463 Adult 1 Small Goldenrod Plume.
11 Aug 2022 Vernon Avenue, Wallasey SJ318907 Adult 1
19 Jul 2022 Birchall Moss, Hatherton SJ684463 Adult 1 Twin-spot Plume
11 Jul 2022 Birchall Moss, Hatherton SJ684463 Adult 1 Small Goldenrod Plume.
20 Sep 2021 Dane Road, Sale SJ800923 Adult 1 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
07 Sep 2021 Holborn Hill, Tranmere SJ322877 Adult 2 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla. (Beautiful Plume).
07 Sep 2021 Sudworth Road, New Brighton SJ304935 Adult 1 Beautiful Plume.
03 Sep 2021 Neston Drive, Chester SJ411684 Adult 1 Brindled Plume or Beautiful Plume. Photo available.
01 Sep 2021 Sudworth Road, New Brighton SJ304935 Adult 1 Beautiful Plume.
30 Aug 2021 Sudworth Road, New Brighton SJ304935 Adult 1 Beautiful Plume.
26 Aug 2021 Holborn Hill, Tranmere SJ322877 Adult 1 Amblyptilia acanthadactyla. (Beautiful Plume).
23 Aug 2021 Sudworth Road, New Brighton SJ304935 Adult 1 Beautiful Plume.
22 Aug 2021 Sudworth Road, New Brighton SJ304935 Adult 1 Beautiful Plume.
10 Aug 2021 Neston Drive, Chester SJ411684 Adult 1 Brindled Plume or Beautiful Plume. Photo available.
08 Aug 2021 Sudworth Road, New Brighton SJ304935 Adult 1 Beautiful Plume.
01 Aug 2021 Sudworth Road, New Brighton SJ304935 Adult 1 Brindled Plume.
13 Jul 2021 Hapsdale View, Hapsford SJ473743 Adult 1
13 Jul 2021 Holborn Hill, Tranmere SJ322877 Adult 1 Oidaematophorus lithodactyla. (Dusky Plume).
02 Jul 2021 Woodlands Drive, Chester SJ415676 Adult 1 Tansy Plume
21 Apr 2019 Cedarways, Appleton Park, Warrington SJ617842 Adult 1 Stenoptilia pterodactyla - query due to early date (CMR)
28 Oct 2018 St Georges Avenue, Timperley SJ784895 Adult 1 Stenoptilia pterodactyla - requires confirmation due to late date (CMR)
02 Sep 2018 Farr Hall Drive, Heswall SJ262812 Adult 1
19 Aug 2018 Farr Hall Drive, Heswall SJ262812 Adult 2
03 Aug 2018 Farr Hall Drive, Heswall SJ262812 Adult 1
09 Jul 2018 Hargrave Avenue, Crewe SJ689553 Adult 1 Gillmeria ochrodactyla - requires confirmation (CMR)
01 Jul 2018 Athol Road, Bramhall SJ887842 Adult 1 Amblyptilia punctidactyla - requires confirmation (CMR) - probably acanthadactyla
27 Jun 2018 Hargrave Avenue, Crewe SJ689553 Adult 1 Oidaematophorus lithodactyla - requires confirmation (CMR).
25 Jun 2018 Marbury Country Park SJ65147645 Adult 1
15 Jun 2018 Farr Hall Drive, Heswall SJ262812 Adult 2
23 May 2018 Hargrave Avenue, Crewe SJ689553 Adult 1 Stenoptilia pterodactyla - requires confirmation (CMR)
19 May 2018 Hargrave Avenue, Crewe SJ689553 Adult 1 Capperia britanniodactylus - requires confirmation (CMR)
30 Oct 2017 Marbury Country Park SJ65147645 Adult 1
23 Jul 2016 Meadowside, Burwardsley SJ518566 Adult 1 Stenoptilia pterodactyla, requires confirmation (CMR)
08 Sep 2015 Billinge Quarry, Rainow SJ9577 Mine 1+ Stenoptilia zophodactylus, several full depth mines of early instars on Common Centaury leaves
13 Aug 2014 Sandymount Drive, New Brighton SJ301933 Adult 1
02 Jul 2014 Winsfield Road, Hazel Grove SJ920856 Adult 1 Stenoptilia pterodactyla - requires confirmation (CMR)
25 Jun 2014 Marbury Country Park SJ65147645 Adult 1
31 Mar 2014 Marbury Country Park SJ65147645 Adult 1
07 May 2013 Marbury Country Park SJ65147645 Adult 1
05 May 2013 Marbury Country Park SJ65147645 Adult 1
05 May 2013 Marbury Country Park SJ65147645 Adult 1
24 Apr 2011 Shannon Close, Willaston, Nantwich SJ676525 Adult 1 Platyptilia gonodactyla, requires confirmation due to early date (CMR), national recorder agreed.
17 Jul 2010 Shocklach SJ437486 Adult 1 Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla in sitting room - requires confirmation (CMR)
13 Jun 2009 Marbury Country Park SJ65147645 Adult 1
02 Jun 2009 Shannon Close, Willaston, Nantwich SJ676525 Adult 1
22 Jul 2004 Stiles Avenue, Marple SJ954891 Adult 1 Photograph taken.
05 Sep 2003 Westover, Romiley SJ931900 Adult 1 poss (Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla) specimen retained
20 Apr 2002 Linley Lane, Alsager SJ819545 Adult 1 Stenoptilia zophodactylus, query due to date
11 Oct 1996 Bradwell Road, Hazel Grove SJ921855 Adult 1
27 Jun 1943 Storeton Woods SJ3185 Adult 1 Gillmeria ochrodactyla, requires confirmation due to early date (CMR)
02 Jul 1889 Great Boughton SJ4265 Adult 1 Platyptilia gonodactyla - requires confirmation, as a number reported flying over yarrow, so more likely pallidactyla (CMR) . Huntingdon Wood. Grid ref not provided. Entom. 22:291-299
1859 Cheshire Unknown Adult 2 Buckleria paludum. plentiful in the evening among heath - not included on any Cheshire Lists. site: near Crewe, grid reference not provided. Zoologist 6:189
1854 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1+ Oxyptilus parvidactyla. grid reference and date unknown. Taken but seldom, amongst gorse. Byerley (1854) (use with caution due to habitat comment and lack of subsequent publication-CMR)


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Updated: 19th April 2025