SMALL PURPLE-BARRED Phytometra viridaria
Only recent record one from NC94 in 2016
Single record from the Reay Rothamsted site in 1981
Scottish Status: Widespread in the Highlands, scarcer elsewhere - probable decrease especially in S. UK Status; Local
Much declined across the UK (cf: Atlas of Britain & Ireland's Larger Moths)
Image © Kevin McCabe
First and last flight dates recorded in Caithness: 12th June to 13th June

MAP: black dots last record pre 2000  red dots last record 2010 to 2019 

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