Burnet Companion (Euclidia glyphica) - Herts & Middlesex Moths


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Burnet Companion
Euclidia glyphica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erebidae : Erebinae

2463 / 72.083

Photo © David Hunt, Harpenden Common, Hertfordshire (17/05/16)

Similar Herts & Middlesex Species: None

Forewing:	13-15mm.
Flight:	One generation May-July.
Foodplant:	Clovers, Bird's-foot-trefoil, Black Medick and Lucerne other vetches and trefoils.
Red List:	Least Concern (LC)
GB Status:	Common
Verification Grade: Adult: 1

General comments:
Widespread but local resident.

The Burnet Companion is recorded on an equal number of occasions to Mother Shipton, but these records report approximately twice the number of individuals, suggesting that the Burnet Companion is the more common of the two day-flying species.

Recorded in 36 (88%) of 41 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1887.
Last Recorded in 2024.

Latest Records
Date	#	VC	10k - General Area
30/05/2024	1	20	TL30 - Hoddesdon / Cheshunt
27/05/2024	1	20	TL12 - Hitchin (S) / Whitwell
25/05/2024	1	21	TQ29 - Barnet / Finchley
17/05/2024	1	20	TL12 - Hitchin (S) / Whitwell
28/04/2024	1	20	TL12 - Hitchin (S) / Whitwell
25/06/2023	1	20	TL22 - Stevenage
21/06/2023	1	20	TL13 - Hitchin (N)
19/06/2023	1	21	TQ39 - Enfield / Southgate / Edmonton
16/06/2023	1	20	TL31 - Hertford
15/06/2023	1	20	TL23 - Letchworth / Baldock

Further info: Euclidia glyphica

	UK Moths		Mothdissection UK
	Lepiforum.de		Herts & Middlesex Moths (Full)

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