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Scythris grandipennis
Gorse Runner (Haworth, 1828)
Scythrididae
911 / 43.002
Photo © Jim Hodgkinson,  10/07/2019 - Dersingham

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Similar Species: None
Wingspan: male 14-20mm, female 12-15mm
Flight: June.
Foodplant:   Gorse, Dwarf Gorse
Nat Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3
Status
Rare.
Flies in June sunshine.
Heaths, downs and waste ground, preferring dry soils.

Modern-day Norfolk records from Marsham Heath 2012. Dersingham in 2019 and Horsford in 2020.

[MBGBI vol4.1 p283]

Verification Grade Comment: Good photo required or Grade4

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 7 (9%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2022.
Additional Stats
Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
13/05/2022127TG10Hethersett
19/06/2020127TG11Horsford
10/07/2019128TF63Dersingham
17/06/2012127TG12Buxton Heath / Marsham
1939+27TG30Rockland Broad / Wheatfen
1939+27TG30Rockland Broad / Wheatfen
1874+27TG20Norwich (Earlham)
1874+27TG31Horning
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