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Beautiful Yellow Underwing
Anarta myrtilli (Linnaeus, 1761)
Noctuidae: Hadeninae
2142 / 73.257
Photo © David Ferguson,  1/7/21 Black Park

Similar Upper Thames Species
True Lover's Knot
Lycophotia porphyrea
Foodplant:   Heather and Bell Heather
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

Very local in the region, mainly in south Berkshire and south Buckinghamshire. Not recorded from Oxfordshire. Occurs on heathland.

Recorded in 16 (11%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1750.
Last Recorded in 2022.
Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
26/08/2022122SU97 - Slough (S), Windsor
11/08/20223422SU96 - Ascot / Sunninghill
04/08/2022622SU96 - Ascot / Sunninghill
18/07/2022124SU98 - Slough (N), Burnham Beeches
20/08/2021222SU96 - Ascot / Sunninghill
Further info: Anarta myrtilli
 
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