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Dotted Fan-foot
Macrochilo cribrumalis (H?bner, 1793)
Erebidae: Herminiinae
2493 / 72.052
Photo © Dave Wilton,  Westcott 2013

Similar Upper Thames Species: None
Foodplant:   Wood-sedge, Hairy Wood-rush and Field Wood-rush.
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Former Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

Local in the region but increasing, in wetlands. A recent arrival that has spread westwards from East Anglia and southeast England, where it is long established.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 29 (21%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 2005.
Last Recorded in 2022.

Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
17/07/2022124SU88 - Marlow, Maidenhead
16/07/2022124TQ08 - Colne Valley, Black Park
07/07/2022224SP71 - Westcott, Waddesdon
07/07/2022124TQ08 - Colne Valley, Black Park
06/07/2022424SP85 - Olney, Salcey, Yardley Chase
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