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Yellow Belle
Aspitates ochrearia

(Rossi, 1794) 1968 / 70.294
=Semiaspilates ochrearia

General comments:
extremely local resident and Vagrant.

This is a moth of coastal habitats, eastwards via the Thames Estuary into Essex and Suffolk. It was a regular in the Rothamsted Light trap at Heathrow Airport from at least 2007 to 2010 and is presumed residential there - potentially still persisting. The nearby report from Osterley Park is more likely of a wanderer as, surely, is the third map dot from Enfield. Historic records are from 'Hertford' (Stephens, 1834. Illustrations of British Entomology) and Bishops Stortford, 20 May 1961 - the latter clearly a wanderer from some distance (Bell, 1964). An example at Harefield in August 2024 is the first reported in Middlesex since 2015.

Recorded in 5 (12%) of 41 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1834.
Last Recorded in 2015.
Additional Stats

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Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
30/06/2015121TQ17 - Brentford / Hounslow / Richmond
08/09/2010121TQ07 - Staines-Upon-Thames
05/06/2010121TQ07 - Staines-Upon-Thames
16/05/2010121TQ07 - Staines-Upon-Thames
16/08/2009121TQ07 - Staines-Upon-Thames
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Forewing: 12-16mm.
Flight: Two gens May-June. Aug-Sept.
Foodplant:   Various low-growing herbaceous plants
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1
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