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Apocheima hispidaria Small Brindled Beauty

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Date	Site	OS Grid Ref	Stage	Quantity	Comment
12 Mar 2022	Newton Lane, Tattenhall	SJ480603	Adult	1	Confirmed on Cheshire Moth Group on Facebook.
1992	Abbey Cottage, Combermere	SJ588441	Adult	1+
1991	Abbey Cottage, Combermere	SJ588441	Adult	1+	recently discovered at Combermere, Rutherford (1994)
28 Feb 1987	Delamere Forest	SJ559708	Adult	1	exhibited at the Lancs & Ches Ent Soc meeting, although the published date, 17/02/1987, is prior to the date of capture LCES 100:39
1969	Alvanley Road, Helsby	SJ489751	Adult	1	Creaser (1971)
24 Mar 1955	Delamere	SJ5570	Adult	2	at petrol lamps, LCES 79-81:28, grid reference not provided
1954	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1953	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
08 Mar 1952	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	20	grid reference not provided
1952	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1951	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1950	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1949	Dunham Park	SJ7387	Adult	1	grid reference unknown, Smith (1950)
1949	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
13 Mar 1948	Delamere	SJ5572	Adult	1	grid reference not provided
13 Mar 1948	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1	grid reference not provided
14 Feb 1948	Delamere Forest	SJ5571	Adult	1	numerous. LCES 68-71:56, grid reference not provided
14 Feb 1948	Delamere	SJ5572	Adult	1	grid reference not provided, Fielding (1974)
1948	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1	specimen(s) exhibited at LCES 21/12/1948, LCES 72:15
1948	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
28 Mar 1947	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1	grid reference not provided.
1947	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1946	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1945	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1944	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1943	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1942	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
14 Mar 1941	Cheshire	Unknown	Adult	1	Boyd (1946)
1941	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1940	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
12 Mar 1939	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1	grid reference not provided, Smith (1948)
1939	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
06 Mar 1938	Delamere	SJ5570	Adult	1	grid reference not provided.
1938	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1937	Delamere	SJ5570	Adult	1	exhibited at the Lancs & Ches Ent Soc meeting 16/11/1937, LCES 61-63:12, grid reference not provided
1937	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1936	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1935	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1934	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1933	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1932	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1931	Delamere	SJ5570	Adult	2	on trees, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948), Rutherford (1981)
1931	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
04 Mar 1930	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	2
1930	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1929	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1928	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1927	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1926	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1925	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
1924	Delamere	SJ5570	Adult	1+	fairly common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1924	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
17 Mar 1923	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1	LCES 47-51:12, grid reference not provided
1923	Bramhall	SJ8884	Adult	1	specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 7/3/1923, Man Ent Soc 21:43, grid reference not provided
07 Mar 1922	Delamere	SJ5570	Adult	5	grid reference not provided.
1922	Delamere	SJ5570	Adult	1	grid reference not provided.
1922	Delamere	SJ5570	Adult	1+	common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1922	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
03 Feb 1921	Delamere	SJ5570	Adult	1	grid reference not provided.
1921	Delamere	SJ5570	Adult	1+	common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1921	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
28 Feb 1920	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	400	with C P Rimmer and S G Smith, about 400 males assembled to two cages containing five females in each, between 19:45 & 20:30 hours. common in following years, Grid Reference unknown, LCFC 1920-21 report, Smith (1948), Rutherford (1981)
19 Feb 1920	Delamere Forest	SJ5571	Adult	10	with W. A. Tyerman. although raining very heavily we took 7 males and 3 females from the tree trunks. LCES 42-44:54, grid reference not provided
14 Feb 1920	Delamere Forest	SJ5571	Adult	50	with Mr. J. W. Griffin and his son. several females on tree trunks; five of these were placed in a small wire gauze cage which was hung on an oak tree about 5 ft from the ground. At 7p.m. the males began to assemble and by 7:30p.m. 45 males had been boxed, it then began to rain and assembling ceased. LCES 42-44:54, grid reference not provided
24 Jan 1920	Delamere	SJ5570	Adult	1	a series exhibited at the Lancs & Ches Ent Soc meeting 18/10/1920, LCES 42-44:41, LCES 42-44:54, grid reference not provided
1920	Delamere	SJ5570	Adult	1+	common, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1920	Delamere	SJ5570	Adult	1+	scarce, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1920	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1+	Present
02 Mar 1919	Delamere	SJ5570	Adult	1	grid reference not provided. found in some numbers during February 1919, LCFC 1920:46-50.
1912	Delamere	SJ5570	Adult	1	Man Ent Soc 11:25, grid reference not provided
1903	Knutsford	SJ7479	Not recorded	1+	undated, Day (1903)
1903	Petty Pool	SJ6170	Not recorded	1+	undated, Pettypool Park, Day (1903)
1903	White Hall, Tarporley	SJ5966	Adult	1+	undated, Day (1903)
28 Mar 1896	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1	on a beech, grid reference not provided
07 Mar 1896	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	2	freshly emerged on oaks, about three feet from the ground, scarce this year, grid reference not provided
23 Mar 1895	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1	a dark male at rest on oak, grid reference unknown
16 Mar 1895	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1	on oak trunks, the nearly black form, grid reference unknown
1894	Delamere	SJ5570	Adult	1	grid reference not provided.
1893	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Pupal	1	Nyssia hispidaria. emerged 18/2/1893, Grid ref not provided. Entom 26:128
26 Mar 1892	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1	N. hispidaria. off tree trunk. Grid ref not provided. Entom. 25:145-147
26 Mar 1892	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	3	N. hispidaria. Grid ref not provided. Entom. 25:145-147. One specimen in the museum
19 Mar 1892	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	3	Nyssia hispidaria. Now scarce in the forest. Grid ref not provided. Entom. 25:145-147
04 Apr 1891	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1	Nyssia hispidaria. 'One male taken.' Arkle finds it increasingly difficult to find, and has others have struggled too in Delemere that year. Grid ref not provided. Entom. 24:143-145
21 Mar 1891	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	2	Nyssia hispidaria. 'Two males taken.' Grid ref not provided. Entom. 24:143-145
1891	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	3	Nyssia hispidaria. Only 2 males, 1 female. Grid ref not provided. Entom. 24:301-302
1889	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1	Nyssia hispidaria. 'Scarce this year' Grid ref not provided. Entom. 22:291-299
10 Mar 1888	Delamere Forest	SJ5570	Adult	1	Nyssia hispidaria, Common, mainly males at rest on birch/oak trunks, just one female, grid reference not provided. Entom: 22:161, recorded by most local collectors, Ellis (1890), Day (1903)
1854	Dunham Park	SJ7387	Not recorded	1+	undated also in Ellis list 489. Byerley (1854)
1845	Dunham Park	SJ7386	Adult	1	grid reference not provided. Zoologist 1007
12 Mar 1843	Dunham Park	SJ7386	Adult	53	Nyssia hispidaria, 45 males, 8 females, appearing simultaneously emerged from the chrysalis and ascended the trunks of oaks, The Zool. 1:175-176 . Zoologist 2:684
1841	Dunham Park	SJ7386	Adult	1+	very common, Zoologist 2:399, grid reference not provided
1800	SJ66	SJ66	Not recorded	1+	BRC Ref: V05_17345, date pre 1941

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Updated: 19th April 2025