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Rosy Marbled
Elaphria venustula (Hübner, 1790)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2396 / 73.091
Photo © Rob Lee,  Barrow Common 31/05/14

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Similar Species: None
Forewing: 10-11mm.
Flight: One generation May-July.
Foodplant:   Tormentil and Creeping Cinquefoil.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
Status
Scarce.
Dry open woodland on acid soil, heathland, grassland, occurring mainly in certain localities in the south-east of England.

Became established in the Brecks in the mid 1980s where first recorded at Caston in 1986, with scattered records in the 80s and 90s. After a dip during the 2000s, has been recorded in low numbers annually in the Brecks post 2010.

Possible immigrant records at coastal sites. Recorded at a two coastal localities in 2014 when several specimens were taken at Barrow Common near Brancaster (NMS, 31/05/14) and a VC27 first at Eccles (N. Bowman, 03/06/14)

Recorded at Dersingham Bog and again at Barrow Common in 2022.

Recorded in 12 (16%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1986.
Last Recorded in 2024.
Additional Stats

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
15/09/2024127TM18Tibenham
01/07/2024128TL98Blackwater
30/06/2024128TL89Mundford
29/06/2024128TL78Weeting Heath
28/06/2024+28TL78Weeting Heath (Gravelpit Wood)
26/06/2024+28TL78Weeting
21/06/2024128TL79Mundford
21/06/2024128TL79Cranwich
30/06/2023+28TL78Weeting Heath (Gravelpit Wood)
26/06/2023+28TL79Cranwich Heath
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