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Scythris grandipennis
Gorse Runner
(Haworth, 1828)911 / 43.002
=Black Owlet

Norfolk 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.
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Determination
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Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10kGeneral Area
13/05/2022127TG10Hethersett
19/06/2020127TG11Horsford
10/07/2019128TF63Dersingham
17/06/2012127TG12Buxton Heath / Marsham
1939+27TG30Rockland Broad / Wheatfen
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Wingspan: male 14-20mm, female 12-15mm
Flight: June.
Foodplant:   Gorse, Dwarf Gorse
Nat Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3
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