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Pale-lemon Sallow
Cirrhia ocellaris (Borkhausen, 1792)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2276 / 73.184
Photo © Andrew Kershaw,  Longwick 2020

Similar Upper Thames Species
Brick
Sunira circellaris
Dusky-lemon Sallow
Cirrhia gilvago
Foodplant:   Poplars
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Nationally Scarce
Former Status: Nationally Scarce A
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

Rare in the region. The handful of records from eastern areas over a long time period, including a larval record, suggests vagrancy from populations east of the region and occasional breeding. A number of immigrants from continental Europe have been recorded in the 21st century and this is also a possibility, at least for the 2020 record.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 4 (5%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1935.
Last Recorded in 2020.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
30/09/2020124SP70 - Thame, Longwick
April 1980+22SU78 - Henley, Hambleden, Warburg
01/01/1972 to 31/12/1982+24SU88 - Marlow, Maidenhead
1966+22SU78 - Henley, Hambleden, Warburg
1961124SU97 - Slough (S), Windsor
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