72.063 [B&F: 2466] Blackneck Lygephila pastinum (Treitschke, 1826) - Local

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.

Record Details

VC10: Freshwater Bay, one, 01 Jul (PBard); Ningwood Common, present, 25 Jun; present, 02 Jul; present, 25 Jun; Little Duxmore, present, 11 Jul (HMak);

VC11: Broughton Down, two, 01 Jul (AMD); Dibden Purlieu, NF, one, 01 Sep; one, 03 Sep (RAC); Funtley, one, 19 Jun; one, 25 Jun; one, 26 Jun; one, 03 Jul (TDC); Fareham, one, 27 Jun (MLO); Botley, one, 28 Jun (SLB);

VC12: St Giles Cemetery, Winchester, one, 29 Jun (PAB); Wonston, one, 24 Jun; Bullington, two, 29 Jun; Cole Henley, one, 25 Jun; one, 25 Jun (GCE); Magdalen Hill Down NR, present, several, 23 Jun (AMD); Morn Hill, Winchester, two, 18 Jun (CRB,DAS,LHur,PDF); five, 22 Jun; one, 29 Jun (CRB,DAS,PDF); Upper Inhams Copse, Pamber Forest, one, 01 Jul (GJD); Bentley Station Meadow, one, 04 Jul (NDP, KBW)

72.065 [B&F: 2296] Levant Blackneck Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855) - Rare migrant

Rare immigrant from the Canary Islands and North Africa, appearing on the south coast, generally in early spring. In Hampshire there are three records of four individuals, all from North Hampshire, and not since 1967. The first and to date (2019) only record from the Isle of Wight was on the unusual date of 21 April 2017. Wingspan 30-32 mm. Possible confusion species include certain forms of Silky Wainscot Chilodes maritimus. Larva feeds on Lucerne and other Leguminosae; no evidence of breeding in the UK.
Update: Status review, December 2019.

Record Details

VC11: Fareham, one, nFG. Specimen retained and mounted by Keith Wheeler , 30 Nov (ADT)

72.066 [B&F: 2475] Waved Black Parascotia fuliginaria (Linnaeus, 1761) - Nb

Nationally scarce (Nb) in damp woodland and log-piles in parts of southern England. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight was at one time virtually confined to the Bagshot Sands area of the north-east; however, the last three decades have seen it extend its range and the species is now reported in small numbers in pine-birch-heath habitats throughout. Wingspan 25-31 mm. Although the species is unmistakable once known, it is a rather atypical noctuid, more resembling a geometer superficially. Larva feeds communally on bracket fungi growing on decaying logs in damp woodland.

Record Details

VC11: Blashford Lakes HIWWT NR, one, 20 Jul; one, 03 Aug (PWhtk); Lee, one, 06 Jul (CTha); Mottisfont Abbey NT, nr Romsey, one, 01 Jul; one, 29 Jul (TSto); Romsey, one, 24 Jun; one, 01 Jul; one, 12 Jul (MJB); one, 09 Jul; one, 02 Aug (NRJ); Dibden Purlieu, one, 18 Jul; one, 19 Jul; one, 19 Jul; Dibden Purlieu, NF, one, 20 Jul (RAC); Blackfield, one, 26 Jul (SJJ); Allbrook, one, 27 Jun (SIng); Botley, one, 01 Aug; one, 15 Sep (SLB); Dean, Bishop's Waltham, present, 13 Jul; present, 18 Jul (CMor); Wickham, one, 30 Jul (JRDS); Lovedean, one, 25 Jul; one, 27 Jul (ARJa); Horndean, present, field obs., , 24 Jul (NaJac); present, , 24 Jul (YEva); Hurn, one, 27 Jul (MJef); Sway, one, 17 Jul; one, 18 Jul; one, 27 Aug (SKee);

VC12: Cholderton, one, 26 Jul (TJN); Wherwell, one, photograph taken., 11 Aug (GCE); Anna Valley, Andover, one, 01 Aug; one, 09 Aug (TJN); Goodworth Clatford, two, 3 traps, 03 Aug (WLid, TJN, LFom det. TJN); Great Haughurst Copse, Axmansford, one, 19 Jul (ACB); Basingstoke, one, 31 Jul (MJW); Basingstoke: Crabtree Plantation, one, 24 Jul (CWor); Upper Inhams Copse, Pamber Forest, one, 05 Aug (GJD); Chawton, one, 01 Aug (DAS); Windmill Hill, Chalton, one, 30 Jul (CJP); Holt Pound Inclosure, Alice Holt Forest, present, field obs., , 01 Aug (iNat)

72.067 [B&F: 2470] Small Purple-barred Phytometra viridaria (Clerck, 1759) - Local

Local in calcareous grassland, heathland, moorland, woodland rides and sand-dunes throughout much of the British Isles. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight widespread and locally common in two different habitats, chalk downland and heaths. Wingspan 20-23 mm. Fairly unmistakable. Larva feeds on Common Milkwort and Heath Milkwort, over-wintering as a pupa.

Record Details

VC10: Whitwell Road, Ventnor, one, 31 Jul (MGT);

VC11: Ashley Heath, NF, two, field obs., 05 Aug (MLeC); Linford Bottom, two, 05 Aug (CLew); Burley, NF, one, field obs., 22 May (AMD); Broughton Down, two, field obs., 18 May; Pig Bush, NF, one, 24 Jul (NRJ); Portsdown, two, field obs., 20 Jul (DPH); Sway, one, 02 Aug (SKee)

72.069 [B&F: 2473] Beautiful Hook-tip Laspeyria flexula ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Local

Local in woodland, parks, scrub, hedgerows, orchards and gardens throughout much of southern England and southern Wales. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight widely distributed in woodland. Wingspan 27-34 mm. Differences in resting posture distinguish from the unrelated but superficially similar Scalloped Hook-tip Falcaria lacertinaria. Larva feeds on lichens growing on broad-leaved and coniferous trees.

Record Summary

VC10: Earliest: Haseley Manor, 16 Jun, 2 (IOu) Latest: Shanklin, 31 Jul, 1 (IOu) Max count: Osborne Wood, 01 Jul, 7 (IOu)

VC11: Earliest: Dibden Purlieu, 23 May, 2 (RAC) Latest: Botley, 18 Oct, 1 (SLB) Max count: Waterlooville, 13 Aug, 6 (DWhe)

VC12: Earliest: Fleet, 09 Jun, 1 (MHals) Latest: Hammer Vale, Woolmer, 22 Jul, 1 (ASwa) Max count: Grayshott, 26 Jun, 7 (THard)

72.070 [B&F: 2495] Olive Crescent Trisateles emortualis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Nationally Scarce

A rare Red Data Book species, resident in a couple of localities in broad-leaved woodland and woodland clearings in southern England, and a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Historically records in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight have been regarded as relating to immigrants from the continent but the 21st century has seen regular reports (2014 saw seven on the Isle of Wight alone) and it is probably now established as a very localised resident across the two counties. Wingspan 29-30 mm. Its light-coloured fasciae separate it from all other British Erebidae (MBGBI Vol 10). Larva feeds on Pedunculate Oak, Sessile Oak and Beech, over-wintering as a pupa.

Record Details

VC10: Osborne Wood, three, 01 Jul (IOu);

VC11: North Baddesley, one, 10 Aug (RWPas); Waterlooville, one, 15 Jul (DWhe); Southleigh Forest, one, 04 Jul (CGree det. HMun);

VC12: Morn Hill, Winchester, one, 18 Jul (CRB,DAS,PDF,LHur)

72.074 [B&F: 2409a] Beautiful Marbled Eublemma purpurina ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Migrant

An increasingly common migrant from southern Europe, appearing in southern England for the first time in Dorset in 2001, but only identified from a set specimen during 2004, a year which saw an influx of some eight moths of this previously unrecorded species. In Hampshire the first was trapped at Cheriton Wood, vice-county 12, on 31 July 2004, and the second at Southsea, vice-county 11, on 16 August 2004 - these were the second and third British records. Subsequently recorded at Waterlooville on 6 August 2005 and at Beaulieu on 30 July 2006, both in vice-county 11. The Isle of Wight had to wait until 2018 for its first record, and since that year it has been recorded annually, sometimes multiple times, in both counties. Wingspan 26-30 mm. Some poorly marked specimens resemble f. carthami of Purple Marbled E. ostrina, however the postmedian fascia which bisects the purple distal half of the wing in Beautiful Marbled is absent in Purple Marbled. Larva feeds on Creeping Thistle, no evidence of breeding in the UK.

Record Details

VC10: Thorness Bay Holiday Park, one, 22 Sep (BriJon); Shanklin, one, very worn male specimen confirmed by gen det 22/09, 20 Sep (IOu);

VC12: Chilbolton, one, on outside of trap, flew before photo, 01 Sep (GCE)