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Oblique Striped
Phibalapteryx virgata (Hufnagel, 1767)
Geometridae: Larentiinae
1718 / 70.039
Photo © Derek Barker,  Woodlands Park Maidenhead, Aug 19th 2019

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Foodplant:   Lady's Bedstraw
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Nationally Scarce
Former Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

Inhabits calcareous grassland in the region. Found very locally in Berkshire. The single Oxfordshire record was undoubtedly of a vagrant.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 6 (8%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1978.
Last Recorded in 2021.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
30/06/2021122SU88 - Marlow, Maidenhead
05/05/2020122SU38 - Uffington / Wantage (W)
19/08/2019122SU87 - White Waltham
31/08/2018122SU88 - Marlow, Maidenhead
30/08/2018122SU88 - Marlow, Maidenhead
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