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Cymatophorina diluta Oak Lutestring

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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
02 Sep 2024 Peckforton Hill SJ527569 Adult 1 See photo from 28/8/24 on forum
29 Aug 2024 Peckforton Hill SJ527569 Adult 1 Photo on Forum
30 Aug 2008 Clamhunger Lane, Mere SJ736813 Adult 1
21 Aug 2003 Clamhunger Lane, Mere SJ736813 Adult 1
28 Aug 2001 Clamhunger Lane, Mere SJ736813 Adult 1 confirmed
22 Aug 1997 Combermere SJ5844 Adult 4 SJ587445
12 Aug 1995 Broomhall, Nantwich SJ628472 Adult 1 referred to in Ian Rutherford's report for 1996 moths - February 1997
1994 Abbey Cottage, Combermere SJ588441 Adult 1 confirmed
07 Sep 1991 Combermere SJ5843 Adult 1
1991 Abbey Cottage, Combermere SJ588441 Adult 1 confirmed
1990 Abbey Cottage, Combermere SJ588441 Adult 1+
1989 Abbey Cottage, Combermere SJ588441 Adult 1+ Combermere Abbey grounds, confirmed from photo CIR, Rutherford, (1994)
1989 Peckforton Hills SJ5256 Adult 1
1930 Delamere SJ5469 Adult 1 specimen(s) exhibited at Man Ent Soc 3/12/1930, Man Ent Soc 28:50, grid reference not provided
1925 Balderton SJ3662 Adult 12 last seen in Cheshire in 1925, did not find it again, Rutherford (1994)
20 Aug 1901 Chester SJ4066 Adult 1 Asphalia diluta at street lamp. Entom. 35:117. Day (1903)
19 Aug 1893 Delamere SJ5469 Adult 1 Asphalia diluta - Entom. 35:144. Day (1903).
1890 Eastham SJ3680 Not recorded 1+ undated, occasional, Ellis (1890)
1888 Delamere SJ5469 Adult 3 no date or grid reference provided, specimen (s) in the Grosvenor Museum. ID confirmed M Bellingham 4/2/2015. BRC Ref: V05_13185, pre 1941, not mentioned by Smith (1948), (1949).
1854 Tranmere SJ3287 Adult 1 undated one specimen. Byerley (1854), not mentioned in Smith (1948), (1949)


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Updated: 19th April 2025