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Barred Chestnut
Diarsia dahlii (H?bner, 1813)
Noctuidae: Noctuinae
2121 / 73.331
Photo © Malcolm Hillier

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Foodplant:   Bilberry, Bramble, sallows, birches and herbaceous plants
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

Very rare or extinct in the region. May have been resident locally in the past. A northern species, increasingly local and rare in the southern part of it's range.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 7 (5%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1750.
Last Recorded in 1992.

Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
18/08/1992+23SP30 - Witney(S), Bampton
1983123SP20 - Brize Norton, Clanfield
01/01/1945 to 31/12/1954+24SP90 - Chesham, Cholesbury
1887+24SU99 - Amersham, Beaconsfield
01/01/1850 to 31/12/1906+22SU46 - Newbury
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