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Small Ranunculus
Hecatera dysodea ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Noctuidae: Hadeninae
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Photo © Lee Gregory,  28/07/2013 - Thetford Academy, Croxton Road, Thetford

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Forewing: 14-15mm.
Flight: Probably two gens: late April - Oct
Foodplant:   Prickly Lettuce, Great lettuce
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Red Data Book
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
Status
Very local, Re-colonist and suspected immigrant.

Well recorded in the Norwich area in recent years.

Believed extinct in Britain until 1997, It had disappeared from most of its range by 1912.

Larvae locally common in Norfolk until about 1895. Last listed by C. Barrett 1873-1913.

First modern-day Norfolk record taken at a garden trap in central Norwich (I. Lyndsay, 2009). Two records at two Norwich gardens in 2010. New garden records from Bowthorpe, Norwich in 2011 and Costessey in 2012. Recorded at several sites in the Norwich area in 2013.

Larvae found to be abundant on Great and Prickly Lettuce at Thetford, VC28 in 2013. It was last recorded in VC28 in 1871.

Recorded in 25 (34%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1871.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
27/08/2023+28TF64Hunstanton
23/08/2023127TG11Costessey
15/08/2023128TF64Hunstanton
04/08/2023528TF61King's Lynn
28/07/2023127TG11Costessey
24/07/2023128TF63Hunstanton
22/07/2023+27TG13Erpingham
22/07/2023+27TG21Norwich (Thorpe End)
17/07/2023127TG10Bowthorpe
17/07/2023128TF63Snettisham
Further info: Hecatera dysodea
 
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