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Blackneck

Lygephila pastinum

Checklist Number
72.063 [B&F: 2466]

Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)

Classification

Family:Erebidae
Subfamily:Toxocampinae
Genus:Lygephila
Species:pastinum
Authority:(Treitschke, 1826)

Local in damp meadows, fens, marshes, river-banks, damp woodland and calcareous grassland throughout much of S. England and S. Wales, north to Yorkshire. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight widespread, although has decreased and become more local. Wingspan 37-47 mm. The main confusion species is the extremely rare Scarce Blackneck L. craccae, which differs in having distal half of reniform stigmata weaker than proximal half, four dots on basal half of costa, and obscure or absent orbicular stigmata (dot on L. pastinum). Larva feeds on Tufted Vetch.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
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Larval

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