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Pyrausta aurata
Mint Moth (Scopoli, 1763)
Crambidae: Pyraustinae
1361 / 63.006
Photo © Andy Nunn,  Cottingham VC 61

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Common Purple & Gold
Pyrausta purpuralis
Wingspan: 18-20 mm.
Flight: May - June and again through July and August.
Foodplant:   Mints.
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

Yorkshire Status: Uncommon and thinly distributed or restricted resident.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Quite widespread and often locally common in vice-counties 62 to 65, most frequently reported from localities on chalk or limestone.

Beaumont, 2002:

VC61. Spurn, 26.7.1995 (BRS); North Grimston, 17.7.1996 (GBS); Settrington, 15.8.1997 (ASE); Holme-on-Spalding Moor, 1 & 7.9.2000 (EDC). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.

Recorded in 139 (70%) of 200 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1859.
Last Recorded in 2024.
Additional Stats

Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
19/09/2024163SK38 - Sheffield
18/09/2024+63SE13 - Bradford
16/09/2024163SE40 - Goldthorpe
16/09/2024162SE66 - Strensall
14/09/2024163SE32 - Wakefield (N)
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