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Dark Tussock
Dicallomera fascelina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erebidae: Lymantriinae
2027 / 72.016

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Forewing: 18-28mm.
Flight: One generation July-Aug.
Foodplant:   Heather, willows, Bramble, Hawthorn.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

General comments:
Former immigrant or vagrant.

We have a single record was from Feltham in Middlesex in 1961 (E. W. Classey) and one from Digswell, Hertfordshire in the same year (Gladwin).

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 2 (5%) of 41 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1961.
Last Recorded in 1961.

Latest Records
Date#VC10k - General Area
1961+20TL21 - Welwyn Garden City
1961+21TQ17 - Brentford / Hounslow / Richmond
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