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Lepidoptera Conservation Bulletin 2012 Lepidoptera Conservation Bulletin Number 12 April 2011 – March 2012 Butterfly Conservation Report No. S12-10 Compiled & Edited by A.M. Davis (Moth Conservation Officer) M.S. Parsons (Head of Moth Conservation) Dr. N.A.D. Bourn (Director of Conservation) March 2012 Butterfly Conservation Company limited by guarantee, registered in England (2206468) Registered Office: Manor Yard, East Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset. BH20 5QP Charity registered in England and Wales (254937) and in Scotland (SCO39268) www.butterfly-conservation.org Davis, A.M., Parsons, M.S. & Bourn, N. (eds.) (2012) Lepidoptera Conservation Bulletin Number 12: April 2011 – March 2012, Butterfly Conservation, Wareham. (Butterfly Conservation Report No. S12-10) Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................. 1 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ....................................................................................................................................... 2 3.1 UPDATE ON UK BAP MOTHS – A SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 2011 ............................................................................................ 3 Argent & Sable Rheumaptera hastata ....................................................................................................................... 3 Barberry Carpet Pareulype berberata...................... ... .............................................................................................. 3 Belted Beauty Lycia zonaria britannica ..................................................................................................................... 4 Black-veined Moth Siona lineata ........ ........................................................................................ ...............................4 Bright Wave Idaea ochrata ........................................................................................................................................ 4 Coleophora vibicella .................................................................................................................................................. 5 Coleophora wockeella ............................................................................................................................................... 5 Dark Bordered Beauty Epione vespertaria ................................................................................................................ 6 Dingy Mocha Cyclophora pendularia ......................................................................................................................... 7 Fiery Clearwing Pyropteron chrysidiformis ................................................................................................................ 7 Forester Adscita statices ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Lunar Yellow Underwing Noctua orbona .................................................................................................................. 8 Marsh Mallow Moth Hydraecia osseola hucherardi ................................................................................................. 8 Marsh Moth Athetis pallustris ................................................................................................................................... 9 Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth Hemaris tityus ................................................................................................... 9 Netted Carpet Eustroma reticulatum ...................................................................................................................... 10 New Forest Burnet Zygaena viciae argyllensis ........................................................................................................ 10 Phyllonorycter sagitella & Sciota hostilis ................................................................................................................. 10 Reddish Buff Acosmetia caliginosa .......................................................................................................................... 10 Scarce Pug Eupithecia extensaria ............................................................................................................................ 11 Scythris siccella ........................................................................................................................................................ 11 Shoulder-striped Clover Heliothis maritima ............................................................................................................ 11 Silky Wave Idaea dilutaria ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Sloe Carpet Aleucis distinctata ................................................................................................................................ 12 Slender Scotch Burnet Zygaena loti scotica ............................................................................................................ 12 Small Dark Yellow Underwing Anarta melanopa .................................................................................................... 13 Stigmella zelleriella .................................................................................................................................................. 13 Straw Belle Aspitates gilvaria .................................................................................................................................. 13 Sussex Emerald Thalera fimbrialis......... .................................................................................................................. 14 3.2 UK BAP MOTH NEWSLETTER .......................................................................................................................................... 14 3.3 UPDATE ON UK BAP BUTTERFLIES - A SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 2011 .................................................................................... 14 Heath Fritillary Melitaea athalia ............................................................................................................................. 14 Large Blue Phengaris arion ...................................................................................................................................... 15 Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia ......................................................................................................................... 16 Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne .......................................................................................................... 16 Small Blue Cupido minimus ..................................................................................................................................... 17 3.4 MANAGEMENT FACTSHEETS ........................................................................................................................................... 17 4 BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION COUNTRY AND REGIONAL UPDATES .................................................................... 18 4.1 BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION IN SCOTLAND ......................................................................................................................... 18 4.1.1 Species Action Framework (SAF) for Scottish Lepidoptera ....................................................................... 18 4.2 BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION IN NORTHERN IRELAND ............................................................................................................ 19 4.3 BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION IN WALES .............................................................................................................................. 20 4.3.1 Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia in Wales ............................................................................................ 21 4.3.2 High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe ....................................................................................................... 21 4.3.3 Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae ................................................................................................................. 22 4.3.4 Pearl Bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne ............................................................................................... 22 4.4 BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION IN THE WEST MIDLANDS .......................................................................................................... 22 4.4.1 Midlands Fritillaries Project ....................................................................................................................... 23 4.4.2 Conservation efforts for the Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene in the Forest of Dean and south Shropshire ..................................................................................................................................................... 23 4.4.3 Conserving the Wood White Leptidea sinapis in the South Shropshire Woods Project ............................ 24 4.4.4 Bringing Back the Small Blue Project ......................................................................................................... 24 4.5 BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION IN NORTHERN ENGLAND ........................................................................................................... 25 4.5.1 Conserving the High Brown Fritillary on the Morecambe Bay Limestones Project
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