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Black-banded
Polymixis xanthomista
Checklist Number73.236 [B&F: 2253]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Nationally scarce (Na) on rocky coastlines of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Pembrokeshire, Man and Co. Cork. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 39-42 mm. Larva feeds on Thrift, over-wintering as an egg.
