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Silver Cloud
Egira conspicillaris

(Linnaeus, 1758) 2181 / 73.251

Davey, P., 2009: A rare species headquartered in the open woods and orchards of the lower Severn Valley, plus several sites in Devon, the larval foodplant is unknown, but on the Continent it is polyphagous on trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants. There is one record from Dorset, trapped at Sherborne on the River Yeo, and nearly forty kilometres from the nearest Devon locality: Sherborne, at MV light in 1969 (C Gibson, BENHS 18.1 : 9)

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Recorded in 1 (3%) of 40 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1969.
Last Recorded in 1969.
(Data up to end 2019)
Additional Stats

Forewing: 16-18mm
Flight: April - May
Foodplant:   Unconfirmed in the wild
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Nationally Scarce
Former Status: Nationally Scarce A
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3
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Latest 5 Records (data up to end 2019)
Date#VC10k Area
196919ST61 Sherborne

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