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Rannoch Looper
Macaria brunneata (Thunberg, 1784)
Geometridae: Ennominae
1896 / 70.217
Photo © David Hunt,  Harpenden, Hertfordshire (June 2023)

Similar Herts & Middlesex Species
Dingy Shell
Euchoeca nebulata
Forewing: 11-13mm.
Flight: June - July.
Foodplant:   Bilberry.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Nationally Scarce / Immigrant
Former Status: Nationally Scarce A (migrant)
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

General comments
Immigrant.

Scotland supports a resident population, but southern British examples are all believed to be immigrants from the Continent; they are smaller and paler than the resident examples. Apart from one at Ashridge in 1960, all our (rather few) records are from 2009 onwards.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 8 (20%) of 41 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1960.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest Records
Date#VC10k - General Area
19/06/2023120TL11 - Harpenden / Wheathampstead
16/06/2023121TQ09 - Watford / Rickmansworth
29/06/2021120TL21 - Welwyn Garden City
12/06/2011120TL10 - St Albans
03/06/2011121TQ18 - Harrow / Wembley / Ealing
25/06/2009120TL31 - Hertford
31/05/2009120TL41 - Sawbridgeworth / Bishop's Stortford
31/05/2009120TQ09 - Watford / Rickmansworth
1960120SP91 - Tring
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