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Olethreutes arcuella
Coppice Beauty (Clerck, 1759)
Tortricidae: Olethreutinae
1080 / 49.179

Similar Upper Thames Species: None
Foodplant:   leaf litter and dead leaves
Nat Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1

A Nationally Scarce species of woodland found very locally across much of the UK. There are a handful of old records from Bucks and Oxon but the lack of any post-millennium sightings suggests that it has been lost from our region.

Recorded in 5 (4%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1939.
Last Recorded in 1997.

Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
14/06/1997124SP61 - Bernwood, Rushbeds, Bullingdon
1939+23SP50 - Oxford, Wheatley, Garsington
1939+23SP60 - Waterperry, Long Crendon
1939+23SU67 - Reading (W), Whitchurch
1939+23SU78 - Henley, Hambleden, Warburg
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