Zygaenidae : Zygaeninae
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Six-spot Burnet
Zygaena filipendulae

(Linnaeus, 1758) 169 / 54.008
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Yorkshire Status: Fairly common and fairly widespread resident.

A common and widespread species across the county. This is a moth of calcareous grassland, the larvae feeding on bird's-foot trefoil. In contrast to the situation in 1989, we now have many VC65 records. Numbers appear to be stable.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Present in many small isolated colonies in vice-counties 61-64, there has also been a single (dead) specimen reported from V65. Many colonies share sites with larger numbers of Z. lonicerae (Scheven).

Recorded in 146 (73%) of 200 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1883.
Last Recorded in 2024.
Additional Stats

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Forewing: 15-19mm
Flight: June - August. Day-flier
Foodplant:   Common Bird's-foot-trefoil and Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil
Red List Status: Least Concern (LC)
GB Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
List Species Records   [Show All Latest]
Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
11/08/2024164SD97 - Kettlewell
09/08/2024+63SK48 - Killamarsh
06/08/2024263SE51 - Askern
06/08/2024164SE43 - Garforth / Kippax
06/08/2024+64SE36 - Bishop Monkton / Roecliffe
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