1.
Chalk Carpet (PDF 563kb)
(UK BAP
Priority): A national survey
is underway to assess the species’ status.
ACTION: Any daytime searches in limestone areas of Lancashire would be really
welcomed. All records to be forwarded as soon as possible after find.
2.
Argent & Sable (PDF 611kb)
(UK BAP Priority): We have no recent records of this day-flying moth (which can also be found as a larva
in spinnings on bog myrtle or birch) from Lancashire . Recent records have come from Cheshire, Cumbria, and Yorkshire
ACTION: Attempt to locate colonies in areas where extensive young birch growth
occurs and/or areas of Bog Myrtle are found.
3.
Barred Tooth-striped
PDF 130kb)
(UK BAP Priority): Perhaps one for
the light-trappers, although larvae can also be found.
Associated with wild privet, but probably also with ash.
ACTION: Try to locate new sites for the
species but records from existing sites (in the Silverdale area) are welcomed.
4.
Anania funebris
(UK BAP Priority): A micro, but an obvious day-flying
species and one of the new UK BAP Priorities announced in 2007. Associated with
golden-rod. Known sites in Lancashire are Gait Barrows, Yealand Hall Allotments
and Warton Crag. Any limestone areas in the county are worth looking at.
ACTION: Survey of potential and existing sites to try to gain a better understanding
of the moths’ distribution.
5.
Northern Dart
(UK BAP Priority):
There have been no records from
northern England for many years. Supposedly more frequently found in northern England
in odd years. It is a mountain-top species with records from Cumbria and Northumberland.
Can be found as larvae.
ACTION: Encourage searches of potential sites.
Can the moth still be found in northern England ?
6.
Belted Beauty
(UK BAP Priority):
this species is really struggling at its Welsh and other
English site.
ACTION: The one colony in Lancashire at Sunderland Point needs annual monitoring
of the adults in April and the larvae in June. Any records are welcome and
should include precise location information.
Please send details of any of the
above to:
Chris Darbyshire (darby.moth1@btopenworld.com)
or
Steve Palmer (s.palmer12@btopenworld.com)
as soon as possible after the finds.