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Barred Hook-tip
Watsonalla cultraria (Fabricius, 1775)
Drepanidae: Drepaninae
1647 / 65.003
Photo © Nigel Partridge,  13-05-2009 Loosley Row, Bucks.

Similar Upper Thames Species
Oak Hook-tip
Watsonalla binaria
Foodplant:   Beech
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

Widespread and quite common across the region, but much more so in the native beech woodlands of the Chilterns than elsewhere.

Recorded in 51 (65%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1700.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
21/09/2022122SU56 - Thatcham / Aldermaston
15/09/2022123SU59 - Abingdon(E), Didcot(N), Culham
12/09/2022123SP22 - Churchill
08/09/2022122SU57 - Hermitage / Ashampstead
04/09/2022122SU57 - Hermitage / Ashampstead
Further info: Watsonalla cultraria
 
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