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Hills and Holes SSSI Invertebrate Species List Based on Recent (Post 1980) Records Hills and Holes SSSI invertebrate species list Based on recent (post 1980) records Butterflies and Moths - Lepidoptera Abrostola tripartita Spectacle Adaina microdactyla Agapeta zoegana Aglais io Peacock Aglais urticae Small Tortoiseshell Agriphila straminella Agriphila tristella Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut Agrotis exclamationis Heart and Dart Agrotis puta Shuttle-shaped Dart Alcis repandata Mottled Beauty Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Ancylis badiana Anthocharis cardamines Orange-tip Anthophila fabriciana Apamea lithoxylaea Light Arches Apamea monoglypha Dark Arches Apamea sordens Rustic Shoulder-knot Apeira syringaria Lilac Beauty Aphantopus hyperantus Ringlet Aphelia paleana Timothy Tortrix Aphomia sociella Bee Moth Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow Autographa gamma Silver Y Autographa jota Plain Golden Y Autographa pulchrina Beautiful Golden Y Axylia putris Flame Cabera exanthemata Common Wave Cabera pusaria Common White Wave Callistege mi Mother Shipton Campaea margaritata Light Emerald Camptogramma bilineata Yellow Shell Catoptria pinella Celastrina argiolus Holly Blue Celypha lacunana Chiasmia clathrata Latticed Heath Chilodes maritimus Silky Wainscot Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet Chortodes pygmina Small Wainscot Chrysoteuchia culmella Garden Grass-veneer Cidaria fulvata Barred Yellow Cilix glaucata Chinese Character Coenonympha pamphilus Small Heath Coleophora gryphipennella Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet Conistra ligula Dark Chestnut Conistra vaccinii Chestnut Cosmia trapezina Dun-bar Crambus lathoniellus Crocallis elinguaria Scalloped Oak Cydia ulicetana Dahlica lichenella Deilephila elpenor Elephant Hawk-moth Diachrysia chrysitis Burnished Brass Diarsia mendica Ingrailed Clay Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot Discestra trifolii Nutmeg Ectropis bistortata Engrailed Eilema complana Scarce Footman Eilema depressa Buff Footman Eilema griseola Dingy Footman Eilema lurideola Common Footman Elachista triatomea Emmelina monodactyla Emmetia marginea Ennomos alniaria Canary-shouldered Thorn Epiblema scutulana Epiblema uddmanniana Bramble Shoot Moth Epirrhoe alternata Common Carpet Erynnis tages Dingy Skipper Eucosma hohenwartiana Eucosma obumbratana Eulamprotes atrella Eulithis pyraliata Barred Straw Eupithecia succenturiata Bordered Pug Euproctis similis Yellow-tail Eurrhypara hortulata Small Magpie Euthrix potatoria Drinker Glyphipterix simpliciella Cocksfoot Moth Gonepteryx rhamni Brimstone Grapholita compositella Gymnoscelis rufifasciata Double-striped Pug Habrosyne pyritoides Buff Arches Hadena bicruris Lychnis Hedya salicella Hemithea aestivaria Common Emerald Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth Hepialus lupulinus Common Swift Hypena proboscidalis Snout Idaea aversata Riband Wave Idaea biselata Small Fan-footed Wave Jodis lactearia Little Emerald Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye Lacanobia thalassina Pale-shouldered Brocade Lathronympha strigana Leucoptera malifoliella Pear Leaf Blister Moth Ligdia adustata Scorched Carpet Lithophane ornitopus Grey Shoulder-knot Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic Lycaena phlaeas Small Copper Lygephila pastinum Blackneck Maniola jurtina Meadow Brown Marasmarcha lunaedactyla Melanargia galathea Marbled White Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth Micropterix calthella Mompha miscella Mompha raschkiella Mythimna comma Shoulder-striped Wainscot Mythimna conigera Brown-line Bright Eye Mythimna ferrago Clay Mythimna impura Smoky Wainscot Mythimna pallens Common Wainscot Naenia typica Gothic Narycia duplicella Noctua interjecta Least Yellow Underwing Noctua janthe Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing Ochlodes sylvanus Large Skipper Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder Odezia atrata Chimney Sweeper Oligia fasciuncula Middle-barred Minor Opisthograptis luteolata Brimstone Moth Orthosia gothica Hebrew Character Ourapteryx sambucaria Swallow-tailed Moth Pammene aurana Panemeria tenebrata Small Yellow Underwing Papestra biren Glaucous Shears Pararge aegeria Speckled Wood Peribatodes rhomboidaria Willow Beauty Perizoma didymata Twin-spot Carpet Perizoma flavofasciata Sandy Carpet Pheosia gnoma Lesser Swallow Prominent Philereme transversata Dark Umber Phragmatobia fuliginosa Ruby Tiger Phyllonorycter corylifoliella Phyllonorycter spinicolella Pieris brassicae Large White Pieris napi Green-veined White Pieris rapae Small White Plagodis dolabraria Scorched Wing Pleuroptya ruralis Mother of Pearl Plusia festucae Gold Spot Polygonia c-album Comma Polyommatus icarus Common Blue Pterostoma palpina Pale Prominent Pyronia tithonus Gatekeeper Rivula sericealis Straw Dot Rusina ferruginea Brown Rustic Scopula imitaria Small Blood-vein Scotopteryx chenopodiata Shaded Broad-bar Selenia dentaria Early Thorn Smerinthus ocellata Eyed Hawk-moth Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine Stigmella anomalella Rose Leaf Miner Stigmella aurella Stigmella catharticella Stigmella hybnerella Thalpophila matura Straw Underwing Thymelicus sylvestris Small Skipper Tyria jacobaeae Cinnabar Udea lutealis Udea olivalis Vanessa atalanta Red Admiral Vanessa cardui Painted Lady Xanthia aurago Barred Sallow Xanthia icteritia Sallow Xanthorhoe ferrugata Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata Large Twin-spot Carpet Xestia baja Dotted Clay Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia sexstrigata Six-striped Rustic Xestia triangulum Double Square-spot Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic Yponomeuta cagnagella Spindle Ermine Zanclognatha tarsipennalis Fan-foot Zygaena filipendulae Six-spot Burnet Zygaena lonicerae Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet True Flies - Diptera Bibio marci Calliphora vicina Cheilosia albitarsis Cheilosia illustrata Chloromyia formosa Chrysopilus cristatus Episyrphus balteatus Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Helophilus pendulus Leucozona lucorum Mesembrina meridiana Rhagio scolopaceus Rhingia campestris Sargus bipunctatus Sphaerophoria scripta Syrphus ribesii Tipula oleracea Tipula vernalis Urophora jaceana Spiders and Harvestmen - Arachnida Alopecosa pulverulenta Amaurobius fenestralis Araneus diadematus Garden Spider Araniella cucurbitana Clubiona terrestris Dictyna arundinacea Erigone atra Larinioides cornutus Lepthyphantes tenuis Lepthyphantes zimmermanni Metellina segmentata Neriene montana Nuctenea umbratica Pachygnatha clercki Pardosa amentata Pardosa palustris Phalangium opilio Phylloneta impressa Pisaura mirabilis Salticus scenicus Segestria senoculata Tetragnatha extensa Xysticus cristatus Zygiella x-notata Ants, Bees and Wasps - Hymenoptera Andrena fulva Andrena haemorrhoa Early Mining Bee Apis mellifera Honey Bee Arachnospila spissa Bombus hypnorum Bombus lapidarius Bombus pascuorum Common Carder Bee Bombus terrestris Lasius flavus Lasius niger Myrmica rubra Myrmica ruginodis Nomada goodeniana Vespula germanica German Wasp Vespula vulgaris Common Wasp Crickets and Grasshoppers - Orthoptera Chorthippus brunneus Field Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus Meadow Grasshopper Forficula auricularia Common Earwig Metrioptera roeselii Roesel's Bush Cricket Omocestus viridulus Common Green Grasshopper Beetles - Coleoptera Adalia bipunctata 2-spot Ladybird Agapanthia villosoviridescens Agonum marginatum Agrilus sinuatus Hawthorn Jewel Beetle Altica lythri Amara aenea Anaspis maculata Anchomenus dorsalis Anotylus rugosus Aphodius fimetarius Aphodius foetens Aphodius fossor Aphodius prodromus Aphodius rufipes Aphodius rufus Apion frumentarium Athous haemorrhoidalis Barypeithes pellucidus Bembidion guttula Bembidion lampros Bembidion obtusum Bembidion quadrimaculatum Bembidion tetracolum Bruchus loti Cassida rubiginosa Thistle Tortoise Beetle Cercyon lateralis Cercyon melanocephalus Chrysolina hyperici Chrysolina polita Chrysolina staphylaea Cionus scrophulariae Figwort Weevil Clivina fossor Coccinella septempunctata 7-spot Ladybird Dascillus cervinus Orchid Beetle Demetrias atricapillus Derocrepis rufipes Dorcus parallelipipedus Lesser Stag Beetle Elaphrus cupreus Euophryum confine Exapion ulicis Gorse Weevil Gastrophysa viridula Green Dock Beetle Geotrupes stercorarius Dor Beetle Grammoptera ruficornis Gyrinus substriatus Harmonia axyridis Harlequin Ladybird Hydrothassa marginella Laccobius minutus Leistus fulvibarbis Leptura quadrifasciata Liophloeus tessulatus Loricera pilicornis Malachius bipustulatus Malachite Beetle Meligethes aeneus Nebria brevicollis Nedyus quadrimaculatus Neocrepidodera transversa Notiophilus biguttatus Ocypus brunnipes Ocys harpaloides Oedemera lurida Otiorhynchus sulcatus Vine Weevil Oulema rufocyanea Paranchus albipes Phaedon cochleariae Phaedon tumidulus Celery Leaf Beetle Phyllobius roboretanus Phyllobius viridiaeris Propylea quattuordecimpunctata 14-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata 22-spot Ladybird Pterostichus madidus Pterostichus melanarius Pterostichus vernalis Pyrochroa serraticornis Rhagonycha fulva Rhinocyllus conicus Rhynchites aequatus Rutpela maculata Sepedophilus marshami Sinodendron cylindricum Rhinoceros Beetle Stenus brunnipes Tachyporus hypnorum Tachyporus obtusus Tachyporus solutus Trechus obtusus Vincenzellus ruficollis Dragonflies and Damselflies - Odonata Aeshna grandis Brown Hawker Aeshna mixta Migrant Hawker Enallagma cyathigerum Common Blue Damselfly Ischnura elegans Blue-tailed Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Large Red Damselfly Calopteryx splendens Banded Demoiselle Sympetrum striolatum Common Darter Scorpion Flies - Mecoptera Panorpa communis
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