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  Marsh Carpet Gagitodes sagittata  
         
 

B&F: 1810

ABH: 70.140

Status: Former resident.

Distribution and Abundance: Rare.

Primary Habitat: Wetland.

Flight Period: Recorded in July.

Record: 16 July 1905 Wadenhoe (E. Wallis).

Observations: The food plant of this moth is common meadow-rue and although declined this is still local along roadside verges and in wetland within the county. As almost all of this type of habitat has not been worked there is still a chance that this old record could be updated.

L.O.N.: 1905. Wadenhoe. Once only.

First Record: 1905, Wallis.