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Hydraecia petasitis Butterbur

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21 records (23+ individuals)
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Date Site OS Grid Ref Stage Quantity Comment
11 Aug 2023 Love Lane, Wildboarclough SJ998663 Adult 1
06 Sep 1988 Laneside Drive, Bramhall SJ902862 Adult 1 confirmed by several moth recorders
1976 Prestbury SJ900768 Adult 1 only additions to SJ97, Lepidoptera record cards, Biological Records Centre, Monks Wood, via C I Rutherford
12 Sep 1970 Alvanley Road, Helsby SJ489751 Adult 1 LCES 94-96:58, Specimen in recorders collection
1968 Wilmslow SJ834818 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_28430
1960 Wilmslow SJ8381 Not recorded 1+ BRC Ref: V05_28779, Wilmslow in SJ88
1952 Delamere Post Office SJ561689 Adult 1 specimen (s) exhibited at LCES 21/10/1952, LCES 75-76:19
08 Sep 1949 Gatley Carrs SJ8388 Adult 2 grid reference not provided
1949 Gatley SJ8488 Adult 1+ several, grid reference unknown, Smith (1950)
08 Sep 1948 Gatley SJ8488 Adult 2 several, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948) (1950), exhibited at LCES exhibition 19/10/1948, LCES 72:11
1940 Stockport SJ9089 Adult 1+ every year, undated, grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1919 Chester SJ4166 Adult 1+ grid reference unknown, Smith (1948)
1912 Northenden SJ8291 Adult 1 Man Ent Soc 10:17, grid reference & date not provided
1903 Ashley SJ7584 Not recorded 1+ undated, Day (1903)
1903 Walton SJ5984 Not recorded 1+ undated, very local near Walton, Day (1903)
1900 Chester SJ4066 Adult 1 Day (1903)
1900 Chester SJ4066 Not recorded 1 undated, Day (1903)
1892 Stockport SJ9089 Pupal 1+ pupae taken in large numbers about 1892-1895 but they appear much less common now, Day (1903), grid reference unknown, BRC Ref: V06_00873, date pre 1941
1870 Brushes Valley SJ9999 Adult 1 Records extracted from various publications to establish a lepidoptera list at Staley Brushes. Underwood (1970). The publications from which the records were extracted are not known now but were relied on at the time. Data was also extracted from local museums and libraries.
07 Sep 1850 Weaverham SJ6273 Larval 1+ 7 larvae & 3 pupae dug up from butterbur, Zoologist 8:2932, grid reference not provided
1850 Cheshire Unknown Adult 1+ undated, East Cheshire, Walker (1885), The Zool. 9:3289 , grid reference not provided


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Updated: 19th April 2025