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Bordered Sallow
Pyrrhia umbra (Hufnagel, 1766)
Noctuidae: Heliothinae
2399 / 73.070
Photo © Oliver Wadsworth,  Windmill Hill. VC37. 30/06/2010

Similar West Midlands Species: None
Forewing: 16-19mm
Flight: June - July
Foodplant:   Restharrow
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB status: Common
Former Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

An uncommon resident.

A species mainly of calcareous grassland.

Overwinters as a pupa while adults come to sugar and to light.

Verification Grade Comment: Photo needed away from known sites.

Recorded in 23 (16%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1867.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
24/07/2022136SO55 - Bodenham & Pudlestone
22/07/2022136SO65 - Bromyard & Brockhampton Estate
15/07/2022136SO55 - Bodenham & Pudlestone
02/07/2021139SJ90 - Fordhouses/Wolverhampton
26/06/2021139SJ90 - Fordhouses/Wolverhampton
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