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Olepa ricini

Checklist Number
72.0281 [B&F: 2056a]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Erebidae
Subfamily:Arctiinae
Genus:Olepa
Species:ricini
Authority:(Fabricius, 1775)

An accidental import in produce from India, where widespread. In Hampshire one was recorded at Totton on 31 July 1992, the first and so far only record for the British Isles.

Updated November 2019: status review.

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
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

No Adult records to show.

Records by week (larval)

No Larval records to show.

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Totton (SU31)31/07/1992oneMike JeffesAdult