ENGRAILED Ectropis crepuscularia (bistortata)
Local in suitable habitat with a scattering of recent records, but probably under recorded
Not recorded by Rosie. Two records from Latheron Rothamsted site in 1981 and one from the Watten site in 2000.
Scottish Status: Common stable. UK Status: Common
First and last flight times recorded in Caithness: 27th March to 30th May (one record 19th June in a generally "late" year)
Records 18th & 19th July 1981 and 11th to 16th July 2021 may indicate rare second generations


MAP: black dots last record pre 2000  blue dots last record 2000 to 2009  
red dots last record 2010 to 2019  green dots last record 2020 to present

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