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Pigmy Footman
Eilema pygmaeola (Doubleday, 1847)
Erebidae: Arctiinae
2046 / 72.048
Photo © Andrew Wood,  Bengeo, Hertfordshire (26/07/19)

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Scarce Footman
Eilema complana
Forewing: 10-15mm.
Flight: One generation June-Aug.
Foodplant:   Lichens.
Red List: Near Threatened (NT)
GB Status: Nationally Rare
Former Status: Red Data Book
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

General comments:
Vagrant.

One at Bengeo on 26th July 2019 was presumably a wanderer from a coastal site.

Recorded in 1 (2%) of 41 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 2019.
Last Recorded in 2019.

Latest Records
Date#VC10k - General Area
26/07/2019120TL31 - Hertford
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