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Dysgonia algira (Linnaeus, 1767)
Erebidae: Erebinae
2460 / 72.087
Photo © Paul Butter,  continental specimen

Similar Dorset Species: None
Forewing: 17-23mm
Flight: May - June. July - August
Foodplant:   Bramble, Sallow (no evidence of breeding in the UK)
GB Status: Immigrant
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

Davey, P., 2009: A rare immigrant species to south-east coastal counties of England, the larva feeding nocturnally on a wide range of deciduous shrub species across southern, central and eastern Europe. In Dorset, the moth has been recorded at light traps on seven occasions, mostly coincident with airflows from central or western France, although the 1996 example was more likely to have originated from Germany: West Bexington, on 10 September 1997, 12 September 2005 (R Eden), Wyke Regis, on 22 August 2001 (D Foot), Portland, on 24 August 2004, 4 September 2005 (M Cade), Church Ope Cove, on 14 August 1996 (D Brown), St Albans Head, on 23 September 1983 (P Davey).

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 4 (10%) of 40 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1983.
Last Recorded in 2019.
(Data up to end 2019)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2019)
Date#VC10k Area
28/08/201919SY66 - Portland Bill
12/09/200519SY58 - Abbotsbury
04/09/200519SY66 - Portland Bill
24/08/200419SY66 - Portland Bill
22/08/200119SY67 - Portland / Weymouth
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