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Viper's Bugloss
Hadena irregularis (Hufnagel, 1766)
Noctuidae: Hadeninae
2168 / 73.287
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Forewing: 14-15mm.
Flight: One generation May-July.
Foodplant:   Spanish Catchfly.
Red List: Regionally Extinct (RE)
GB Status: Extinct
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3
Status
Extinct former Breckland resident.
Last record was of larvae at Icklingham, Suffolk, in 1968.

Verification Grade Comment: Extinct.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 4 (5%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1873.
Last Recorded in 1964.
Additional Stats
Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
02/06/1964128TL98West Harling Heath
30/06/1962128TL88Thetford
10/06/1962228TL88Thetford
1961 to 1981+28TL98Brettenham / Harling
21/07/1951+28TL79Cranwich
07/07/1951128TL79Cranwich
30/06/1951+28TL79Cranwich
25/06/1951128TL79Cranwich
17/06/1951128TL79Cranwich
16/07/1950+28TL79Cranwich
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