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Spanish Carpet
Scotopteryx peribolata

(Hübner, [1817]) 1730 / 70.042

Davey, P., 2009: Resident in the Channel Islands, otherwise a very rare immigrant, the larva feeding on prostrate broom (Cytisus scoparius ssp maritimus). This xerothermic species is widespread across south-western, central and eastern Europe, colonising warm situations where host foodplants, gorse (Ulex spp.), broom (Cytisus spp.) and Genista spp grow. In Dorset, the moth was recorded on several occasions, as follows: Shell Bay, 12 September 1990 (D Young), two males at MV light on 31 August... Read More

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Recorded in 1 (3%) of 40 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1990.
Last Recorded in 1991.
(Data up to end 2019)
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Latest 5 Records (data up to end 2019)
Date#VC10k Area
03/09/199129SZ08 Studland / Sandbanks
12/09/1990+9SZ08 Studland / Sandbanks

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