Scarce Bordered Straw (Helicoverpa armigera) - iMoths


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Scarce Bordered Straw
Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808)
Noctuidae : Heliothinae

2400 / 73.076
Immigrant

Photo © Andy Banthorpe, Lower Stondon 28/10/2006

Similar Bedfordshire Species
Bordered Straw Heliothis peltigera

Eastern Bordered Straw
Heliothis nubigera

Forewing:	16-19mm.
Flight:	Recorded all months (most Aug-Oct)
Foodplant:	Scarlet Geranium and Yellow-rattle. others.
Red List:
GB Status:	Immigrant
Verification Grade: Adult: 3

Bedfordshire status
Immigrant

Verification Grade Comment: Acceptable flight time in county: 15 August to 20 October

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 12 (55%) of 22 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1974.
Last Recorded in 2024.

Latest 5 Records
Date	#	VC	10k Area
21/10/2024	1	30	TL03 - Ampthill, Flitwick, Silsoe
23/10/2023	1	30	TL14 - Biggleswade (West), Sandy
03/10/2023	1	30	TL14 - Biggleswade (West), Sandy
04/09/2023	1	30	TL14 - Biggleswade (West), Sandy
06/11/2022	1	30	TL13 - Shefford, Henlow, Shillington

Further info: Helicoverpa armigera