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Rosy Marbled
Elaphria venustula (Hübner, 1790)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2396 / 73.091

Similar Herts & Middlesex Species: None
Forewing: 10-11mm.
Flight: One generation May-July.
Foodplant:   Tormentil and Creeping Cinquefoil.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

General comments:
Vagrant.

We have very few records and none affect sites where the habitat suggests potential residency. Extensive searching at the Broxbourne Woods National Nature Reserve has failed to find any evidence of the species. This leads to the inevitable conclusion that our moth are all wanderers from further afield.

Recorded in 10 (24%) of 41 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1960.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest Records
Date#VC10k - General Area
17/06/2023121TQ09 - Watford / Rickmansworth
03/07/2021120TL21 - Welwyn Garden City
01/07/2021120TL21 - Welwyn Garden City
19/06/2018221TQ07 - Staines-Upon-Thames
12/06/2016120TQ09 - Watford / Rickmansworth
19/06/2014121TQ17 - Brentford / Hounslow / Richmond
11/07/2013121TQ17 - Brentford / Hounslow / Richmond
01/07/2010120TQ09 - Watford / Rickmansworth
14/06/2009120SP91 - Tring
02/06/2007120TL30 - Hoddesdon / Cheshunt
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