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Marbled Clover
Heliothis viriplaca (Hufnagel, 1766)
Noctuidae: Heliothinae
2401 / 73.072
Photo © David Ferguson,  8/7/16, Berdun, Spain

Similar Upper Thames Species: None
Foodplant:   Herbaceous plants
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Nationally Scarce
Former Status: Red Data Book
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

Extinct former uncommon resident. A single individual in Buckinghamshire in 2018, either a continental immigrant or vagrant from a resident population in Hampshire, Wiltshire or East Anglia.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 7 (9%) of 78 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1940.
Last Recorded in 2018.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
26/07/2018124SP71 - Westcott, Waddesdon
August 1957122SU39 - Stanford in the Vale
21/07/1952+22SU67 - Reading (W), Whitchurch
30/06/1951+22SU57 - Hermitage / Ashampstead
24/08/1949+22SU58 - Didcot (S) / Streatley
Further info: Heliothis viriplaca
 
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