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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
07 Sep 2024 Wellington Close, Ellesmere Port SJ404763 Adult 2
23 Aug 2023 Wellington Close, Ellesmere Port SJ404763 Adult 3
23 Aug 2023 Highfield Road, Ellesmere Port SJ400763 Adult 14 a cloud of tiny moths descended on my trap shortly after the rain had departed. 13 in my garden (and one in the house). photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
10 Aug 2023 Thornton Avenue, Higher Bebington SJ316857 Adult 1
09 Aug 2023 Holly Court, Helsby SJ492760 Adult 1 Photo on Cheshire Moths FB 04/01/2024
16 Jun 2023 Thornton Avenue, Higher Bebington SJ316857 Adult 7
03 Jun 2023 Kent Close, Bromborough SJ339815 Adult 1
09 May 2023 Thornton Avenue, Higher Bebington SJ316857 Adult 1 Confirmed from photo.
18 Aug 2022 Holly Court, Helsby SJ492760 Adult 1
16 Aug 2022 Holly Court, Helsby SJ492760 Adult 1 Photo on Cheshire Moths Group on Facebook 17/08/2022
13 Aug 2022 Wellington Close, Ellesmere Port SJ404763 Adult 2
12 Aug 2022 Wellington Close, Ellesmere Port SJ404763 Adult 1
03 Sep 2021 Kent Close, Bromborough SJ339815 Adult 1 Posted on Cheshire Moths Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/387661328320172/
05 Aug 2020 Bendee Road, Little Neston SJ300773 Adult 2 Photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
31 Jul 2020 Bendee Road, Little Neston SJ300773 Adult 1 Photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group
30 Aug 2019 Deansfield Way, Elton SJ453753 Adult 1 determined from photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook Group & Cheshire Moth Forum
07 Aug 2018 Deansfield Way, Elton SJ453753 Adult 1
31 May 2018 Knowle Close, Great Sutton SJ381751 Adult 1 Genitalia checked.
30 May 2018 Knowle Close, Great Sutton SJ381751 Adult 1 image posted on LRC moth forum
17 Jun 2017 Wellington Close, Ellesmere Port SJ404763 Adult 1
16 Jun 2017 Wellington Close, Ellesmere Port SJ404763 Adult 2
17 Aug 2016 Wellington Close, Ellesmere Port SJ404763 Adult 5 following strong overnight wind from Mersey Marshes.
06 Jun 2016 Kent Close, Bromborough SJ339815 Adult 1 https://www.flickr.com/photos/101589603@N06/26907347814/
26 May 2016 Little Neston SJ2876 Pupal 1+ Neston saltmarsh - 3 cocoons found, 1 vacated and 2 tenanted, see photos, emerged 3/6/2016
06 Sep 2003 Heswall shore SJ2580 Egg 10 grid reference provided SJ258809 Heswall shore, ova on Aster tripoliana. (mines, larvae, imagines reared 2004)
09 May 1999 Parkgate SJ2778 Larval 1+
1955 Cheshire Unknown Not recorded 1+ County Status: Common on Dee salt-marshes. Michaelis (1955). LCES 77-78:67, grid reference not provided
12 May 1954 Parkgate SJ2778 Pupal 1+ pupae abundant on grass stems nears roots of Aster, emerged 7/6, 12/6, 14/6/1954, grid reference not provided
1953 Cheshire Unknown Adult 1 specimen (s) exhibited at LCES 20/10/1953, LCES 77-78:22, from The Wirral, grid reference not provided
20 May 1951 Parkgate SJ2778 Larval 1+ grid reference not provided, on Aster tripolium, pupae on grass stems nears roots of Aster
13 May 1951 Parkgate SJ2778 Larval 1+ emerged 11/6, 12/6, 13/6, 14/6, 23-30/6/1951, grid reference not provided., Creaser (1994)
29 Jun 1939 Burton Point SJ303736 Not recorded 1 New Cheshire record. Grid Reference unknown. Michaelis (1954)


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Updated: 19th April 2025