Argent & Sable (Rheumaptera hastata) - iMoths


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Argent & Sable
Rheumaptera hastata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geometridae : Larentiinae

1787 / 70.120
Biodiversity Action Plan [BAP] Priority Species.

Photo © Malcolm Hillier, Bishop's Wood, Yorks 06/06/21

Similar Bedfordshire Species: None

Forewing:	16-19mm
Flight:	May - June
Foodplant:	Seedlings of Downy and Silver Birch and also on Bog-myrtle
Red List:	Least Concern (LC)
GB Status:	-
Former Status:	Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade: Adult: 3

Bedfordshire status
Unknown - only one record for the county from 1956

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 1 (5%) of 22 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1956.
Last Recorded in 1956.

Latest 5 Records
Date	#	VC	10k Area
26/05/1956	1	30	SP92 - Leighton Buzzard, Totternhoe

Further info: Rheumaptera hastata