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Capperia britanniodactylus Wood Sage Plume

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15 records (22+ individuals)
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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
07 Jul 2023 Midgley Lane, Wildboarclough SK000664 Adult 1 Photo provided
14 May 2022 Dane Valley, Wildboarclough SJ9966 Larval 1 In wilted shoot of wood sage, Midgley Lane, Wildboarclough, SJ999663.
01 May 2022 Midgley Lane, Wildboarclough SK000664 Larval 1 Frass and feeding damage on Wood Sage; larva in terminal bud. Pupated ~14/06/2022. Imago eclosed 07/07/2022.
15 Jul 2021 Midgley Lane, Wildboarclough SK000664 Adult 1 Wood Sage growing near trap. Confirmed from photo on Cheshire Moths Facebook
1968 Flaxmere SJ5572 Adult 1+ SJ556723, Present
05 Jul 1957 Delamere SJ5572 Adult 3 Two specimens in Mike Hull's collection, one in Liverpool Museum. Grid reference not provided
17 May 1952 Delamere SJ5572 Larval 1+ specimen (s) exhibited at LCES 18/11/1952, LCES 75-76:23, grid reference not provided
17 May 1952 Delamere SJ5572 Larval 6 bred Teucrium, emerged 8-21/6/1952, grid reference not provided
17 May 1952 Delamere SJ5572 Larval 1+ Teucrium, emerged 10/6, 15/6, 17/6, 18/6, 25/6/1952, Joint LCES/MES field meeting, LCES 75-76:18, grid reference not provided
1951 Delamere SJ5572 Larval 1 bred Teucrium, emerged 12/7/1951, grid reference not provided
1950 Delamere SJ5572 Not recorded 1+ grid reference unknown. Michaelis (1951)
1925 Caldy SJ2285 Adult 1 grid reference not provided. LCFC 1925:2. Mansbridge (1940)
1887 Petty Pool SJ6170 Not recorded 1+ Site given as Delamere Forest, yet most if not all were believed to have been taken at Pettypool Wood, part of the Delamere Forest complex, grid reference & date unknown, pre 1887. Ellis (1890)
1869 Petty Pool SJ6170 Larval 1+ It was taken freely, at Pettypool Wood, Delamere, many years ago, by N Cooke & others. C S Gregson, Entom. 4,305-6
1867 Petty Pool SJ6170 Larval 1+ discovered as larvae on Wood Sage by Mr Greening at (Pettypool Wood), Delamere Forest end of April 1867. Entom. 3,298-299 CSG


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Updated: 19th April 2025