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Barred Chestnut
Diarsia dahlii (Hübner, 1813)
Noctuidae: Noctuinae
2121 / 73.331
Photo © Melissa Banthorpe,  Maenan Caenarvonshre vc49 2015

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Forewing: 15-18mm.
Flight: Aug - Sept.
Foodplant:   Bilberry, Bramble, Sallows and Birches.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

Bedfordshire status
Former resident

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 6 (27%) of 22 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1946.
Last Recorded in 1974.
Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
01/08/1974+30SP95 - Carlton, Harrold, Turvey
25/08/1965+30SP96 - Podington, Souldrop
20/08/1965+30TL14 - Biggleswade (West), Sandy
14/08/1965+30TL03 - Ampthill, Flitwick, Silsoe
03/09/1964+30TL04 - Bedford (South), Kempston
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