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Pink-barred Sallow
Xanthia togata
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Sallow
Cirrhia icteritia

(Hufnagel, 1766) 2274 / 73.182
=Xanthia icteritia

Davey, P., 2009: A widespread species in Britain, the larva feeding at first on sallow (Salix spp.) and poplar (Populus spp.) catkins, and later on herbaceous plants. In Dorset, the moth has the same distribution, flight period and habitat preferences as the Pink-barred Sallow2273, but is roughly forty percent more abundant. The following record was likely to have been a dispersed individual from Purbeck (a Pink-barred Sallow plus a Horse Chestnut1905 were trapped on the same night): Portland,... Read More

Recorded in 35 (88%) of 40 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1940.
Last Recorded in 2023.
(Data up to end 2023)
Additional Stats

Forewing: 14-17mm
Flight: September - October
Foodplant:   Willows and polars
Red List: Near Threatened (NT)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1
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Latest 5 Records (data up to end 2023)
Date#VC10k Area
23/10/202319ST60 Cerne Abbas
23/10/2023+9SY68 Weymouth / Martinstown
23/10/202319SY88 Wool / Lulworth
21/10/2023+9SY68 Weymouth / Martinstown
18/10/202319SY68 Weymouth / Martinstown

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