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Purple-bordered Gold
Idaea muricata (Hufnagel, 1767)
Geometridae: Sterrhinae
1698 / 70.002
Photo © David Ferguson,  18/6/19, Silistra, Bulgaria

Similar Upper Thames Species: None
Foodplant:   Marsh Cinquefoil
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Nationally Scarce
Former Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

Resident very locally in southeast Berkshire (and in neighbouring parts of Surrey). Unknown elsewhere in the region. Inhabits boggy acid heathland.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 2 (3%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1951.
Last Recorded in 2020.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
13/07/2020122SU96 - Ascot / Sunninghill
22/06/2020122SU96 - Ascot / Sunninghill
22/06/2020122SU96 - Ascot / Sunninghill
18/07/2016122SU86 - Wokingham / Bracknell
06/07/2016122SU86 - Wokingham / Bracknell
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