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Bordered Sallow
Pyrrhia umbra (Hufnagel, 1766)
Noctuidae: Heliothinae
2399 / 73.070
Photo © Keith Kerr,  11/07/2021 - Litcham (garden)

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Forewing: 16-19mm.
Flight: One generation June-July.
Foodplant:   Common and Spiny Restharrow.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1
Status
Local.
Generally coastal, favouring calcareous grassland, coastal sand-dunes and vegetated shingle.

Main generation June-July. Please note the summer flight period, unlike other similar ‘Sallows’ flying in the Autumn. However, it has occasionally been recorded as late as the last week of August in Norfolk. (please provide a photo to confirm late records)

Recorded in 32 (43%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1834.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
12/07/2023128TF63Heacham
07/07/2023127TG24Overstrand
25/06/2023127TG14Sheringham / Beeston
05/06/2023127TG24Overstrand
25/10/2022128TL59Welney NNR
24/07/2022127TG51Great Yarmouth (North Denes)
19/07/2022127TG24Cromer
18/07/2022+27TG50Great Yarmouth (North Beach)
16/07/2022+28TL79Cranwich Heath
14/07/2022127TG24Cromer
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