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Larentia clavaria (Haworth, 1809)
Geometridae: Larentiinae
1745 / 70.070
Photo © Ben Sale,  Stevenage, Hertfordshire (19/09/19)

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Shaded Broad-bar
Scotopteryx chenopodiata
Forewing: 19-22mm.
Flight: One generation Sept-Nov.
Foodplant:   Mallows.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1

General comments:
Widespread but local resident.

Most reports are from garden light traps and the map is probably more faithful to the location of such traps than to the spread of the moth. The flight period coincides with a period of inactivity on the part of some lepidopterists so that the number of records from sites that are not gardens is diminished.

Recorded in 29 (71%) of 41 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1888.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest Records
Date#VC10k - General Area
20/10/2023120TL23 - Letchworth / Baldock
19/10/2023120TL31 - Hertford
18/10/2023120TL23 - Letchworth / Baldock
09/10/2023120TL31 - Hertford
08/10/2023120TL31 - Hertford
07/10/2023120TL31 - Hertford
05/10/2023120TL23 - Letchworth / Baldock
01/10/2023120TL21 - Welwyn Garden City
29/09/2023120TL21 - Welwyn Garden City
21/09/2023120TL42 - Bishop's Stortford (N)
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