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Vestal
Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767)
Geometridae: Sterrhinae
1716 / 70.038
Photo © Dave Wilton,  Westcott 2018

Similar Upper Thames Species: None
Foodplant:   Knotgrass
Red List:
GB Status: Immigrant
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1

Common immigrant, recorded from across the region every year in the 21st century.

Recorded in 57 (41%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1958.
Last Recorded in 2022.

Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
13/11/2022123SP50 - Oxford, Wheatley, Garsington
10/11/2022123SU78 - Henley, Hambleden, Warburg
09/11/2022123SP51 - Bletchington, Otmoor, Murcott
05/11/2022124SP84 - Npt. Pagnell, Stoke Goldington
01/11/2022124SU89 - High Wycombe
Further info: Rhodometra sacraria
 
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