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The status of Dorset macro-moths
Newsletter Number 3, in 1996, carried
appendices listing the status of all macromoth species known at that time to
have been recorded in Dorset. We are all aware of changes in status of
resident species, either up or down which may be true changes due to
whatever natural or man made causes, or may be due to increased recording
activity. There were originally three separate appendices for Critically
Indigenous, Migrant and Common and Local Non-critically Indigenous Species.
These have now been combined into one table which has been brought up to
date by Peter Davey, the Dorset macromoth recorder, to reflect our latest
understanding of the status of Macromoths in Dorset.
The first column is the Bradley & Fletcher
logbook number arranged in species taxonomic order, the second and third
columns are the Latin and English names, respectively. The fourth
column provides the following national status categories, where applicable:
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RDB1, RDB2, RDB3 - the top three national rarity
categories, in descending order of rarity.
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(RDBK - considered scarce, but insufficiently known)
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Notable a - found in fewer than thirty 10 kilometre
squares nationally
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Notable b -found in between thirty and one hundred 10
kilometre squares nationally.
The fifth column gives some indication of
the county status and includes abbreviations (below) relating to primary
habitat type(s) where they are reasonably well known and distinct.
Noticeable increases or decreases in number and/or range across the county
are denoted by an arrow:
C Coast
T Salterns
D Dune
U Urban
G Grassland
V Verge or Wasteland
H Heathland
W Woodland
L Landslip
X Xerothermic
M Marsh or Mire
↑ Increasing
R River
↓ Declining
S Scrub
The status column also provides an
indication of the number of sites where the rarest residents may be found,
so Sites(2) implies two known sites in the county. A similar notation is
used for the dispersive and migrant species; for example, Migrants(2) means
that just two individuals from a likely non-UK source have been observed.
The term dispersive implies individuals that are resident outside Dorset but
UK-sourced or individuals that are frequently trapped well away from their
primary Dorset habitat.
Those species which require verification by
Peter Davey, the County Recorder, or another experienced observer, either by
photograph or retention of the specimen, are shown in bold type.
B & F
No. |
Taxon |
Vernacular |
UK status |
Dorset status |
|
14 |
Hepialus humuli |
Ghost |
|
Common |
|
15 |
Hepialus sylvina |
Orange Swift |
|
Common |
|
16 |
Hepialus hecta |
Gold Swift |
|
Local, W |
|
17 |
Hepialus lupulinus |
Common Swift |
|
Common |
|
18 |
Hepialus fusconebulosa |
Map-winged Swift |
|
Site(1), G |
|
160 |
Phragmataecia castaneae |
Reed Leopard |
RDB2 |
Site(1), M |
|
161 |
Zeuzera pyrina |
Leopard |
|
Common |
|
162 |
Cossus cossus |
Goat |
Nb |
Rare |
|
163 |
Adscita statices |
Forester |
|
Local, G |
|
164 |
Adscita geryon |
Cistus Forester |
Nb |
Rare, G |
|
165 |
Jordanita globulariae |
Scarce Forester |
Na |
Dispersive(1) |
|
169 |
Zygaena filipendulae |
Six-spot Burnet |
|
Common |
|
170 |
Zygaena trifolii |
Five-spot Burnet |
|
Local, G |
|
171 |
Zygaena lonicerae |
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet |
|
Local, G |
|
173 |
Apoda limacodes |
Festoon |
Nb |
Local↑ |
|
174 |
Heterogenea asella |
Triangle |
RDB3 |
Sites(2), W |
|
370 |
Sesia apiformis |
Hornet |
Nb |
Site(1) |
|
371 |
Sesia bembeciformis |
Lunar Hornet |
|
Common |
|
373 |
Synanthedon tipuliformis |
Currant Clearwing |
Nb |
Local, U |
|
374 |
Synanthedon vespiformis |
Yellow-legged Clearwing |
Nb |
Local, W |
|
377 |
Synanthedon flaviventris |
Sallow Clearwing |
Nb |
Local, H |
|
378 |
Synanthedon andrenaeformis |
Orange-tailed Clearwing |
Nb |
Local, S |
|
379 |
Synanthedon myopaeformis |
Red-belted Clearwing |
Nb |
Rare, U |
|
380 |
Synanthedon formicaeformis |
Red-tipped Clearwing |
Nb |
Local, M,R |
|
381 |
Synanthedon culiciformis |
Large Red-belted Clearwing |
Nb |
Sites(2), H,W↓ |
|
382 |
Bembecia ichneumoniformis |
Six-belted Clearwing |
Nb |
Local, C |
|
1631 |
Poecilocampa populi |
December |
|
Common |
|
1632 |
Trichiura crataegi |
Pale Eggar |
|
Local, S |
|
1633 |
Eriogaster lanestris |
Small Eggar |
Nb |
Local, S |
|
1634 |
Malacosoma neustria |
Lackey |
|
Common |
|
1636 |
Lasiocampa trifolii |
Grass Eggar |
Na |
Sites(2), H↓ |
|
1637 |
Lasiocampa quercus |
Oak Eggar |
|
Common |
|
1638 |
Macrothylacia rubi |
Fox |
|
Common |
|
1640 |
Euthrix potatoria |
Drinker |
|
Common |
|
1642 |
Gastropacha quercifolia |
Lappet |
|
Local, S |
|
1643 |
Pavonia pavonia |
Emperor |
|
Local, H |
|
1645 |
Falcaria lacertinaria |
Scalloped Hook-tip |
|
Common |
|
1646 |
Drepana binaria |
Oak Hook-tip |
|
Common |
|
1647 |
Drepana cultraria |
Barred Hook-tip |
|
Local, W |
|
1648 |
Drepana falcataria |
Pebble Hook-tip |
|
Common |
|
1651 |
Cilix glaucata |
Chinese Character |
|
Common |
|
1652 |
Thyatira batis |
Peach Blossom |
|
Common |
|
1653 |
Habrosyne pyritoides |
Buff Arches |
|
Common |
|
1654 |
Tethea ocularis |
Figure of Eighty |
|
Local |
|
1655 |
Tethea or |
Poplar Lutestring |
|
Site(1), W; Migrant(1) |
|
1656 |
Tetheella fluctuosa |
Satin Lutestring |
|
Migrants(2) |
|
1657 |
Ochropacha duplaris |
Common Lutestring |
|
Common |
|
1658 |
Cymatophorima diluta |
Oak Lutestring |
|
Local, W |
|
1659 |
Achlya flavicornis |
Yellow Horned |
|
Local, H |
|
1660 |
Polyploca ridens |
Frosted Green |
|
Local, W |
|
1661 |
Archiearis parthenias |
Orange Underwing |
|
Local, H,W |
|
1662 |
Archiearis notha |
Light Orange Underwing |
Nb |
Sites(4), W |
|
1663 |
Alsophila aescularia |
March |
|
Common |
|
1665 |
Pseudoterpna pruinata |
Grass Emerald |
|
Common |
|
1666 |
Geometra papilionaria |
Large Emerald |
|
Common |
|
1667 |
Comibaena bajularia |
Blotched Emerald |
|
Local, W |
|
1669 |
Hemithea aestivaria |
Common Emerald |
|
Common |
|
1670 |
Chlorissa viridata |
Small Grass Emerald |
Na |
Local, M |
|
1672 |
Thalera fimbrialis |
Sussex Emerald |
RDB1 |
Migrants(2) |
|
1673 |
Hemistola chrysoprasaria |
Small Emerald |
|
Common |
|
1674 |
Jodis lactearia |
Little Emerald |
|
Local, W |
|
1675 |
Cyclophora pendularia |
Dingy Mocha |
RDB3 |
Local, M; Dispersive |
|
1676 |
Cyclophora annularia |
Mocha |
Nb |
Local, W |
|
1677 |
Cyclophora albipunctata |
Birch Mocha |
|
Local, H |
|
1678 |
Cyclophora puppillaria |
Blair's Mocha |
|
Migrant |
|
1679 |
Cyclophora porata |
False Mocha |
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