Lepidoptera Conservation Bulletin Number 11 April 2010 – March 2011 Butterfly Conservation Report No. S11-13 Compiled & Edited by B. Noake (Conservation Officer – Threatened Species), A. Rosenthal (Conservation Officer – Threatened Species), M. Parsons (Head of Moth Conservation) & Dr. N. Bourn (Director of Conservation) March 2011 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 Noake. B., Rosenthal, A., Parsons, M. & Bourn, N. (eds.) (2011) Lepidoptera Conservation Bulletin Number 11: April 2010 – March 2011, Butterfly Conservation, Wareham. (Butterfly Conservation Report No. S11-13) Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................. 1 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ....................................................................................................................................... 2 3 CONSERVATION ACTION FOR UK BIODIVERSITY ACTION PLAN LEPIDOPTERA ................................................... 2 3.1 UPDATE ON UK BAP MOTHS – A SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 2010 ........................................................................................... 3 Anania funebris.......................................................................................................................................................... 3 Aplota palpella .......................................................................................................................................................... 3 Argent & Sable Rheumaptera hastata....................................................................................................................... 3 Barberry Carpet Pareulype berberata ....................................................................................................................... 4 Barred Tooth-striped Trichopteryx polycommata ..................................................................................................... 5 Belted Beauty Lycia zonaria britannica ..................................................................................................................... 5 Black-veined Moth Siona lineata ............................................................................................................................... 5 Bright Wave Idaea ochrata ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Chalk Carpet Scotopteryx bipunctaria ....................................................................................................................... 6 Coleophora vibicella .................................................................................................................................................. 6 Coleophora wockeella ............................................................................................................................................... 7 Dark Bordered Beauty Epione vespertaria ................................................................................................................ 7 Dark Crimson Underwing/Light Crimson Underwing Catocala sponsa/C. promissa ................................................. 8 Dingy Mocha Cyclophora pendularia ......................................................................................................................... 8 Fiery Clearwing Pyropteron chrysidiformis ................................................................................................................ 9 Four-spotted Tyta luctuosa ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Forester Adscita statices ........................................................................................................................................... 9 Lunar Yellow Underwing Noctua orbona ................................................................................................................ 10 Marsh Mallow Moth Hydraecia osseola hucherardi ............................................................................................... 10 Marsh Moth Athetis pallustris ................................................................................................................................. 10 Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth Hemaris tityus ................................................................................................. 11 Netted Carpet Eustroma reticulatum ...................................................................................................................... 12 New Forest Burnet Zygaena viciae argyllensis ........................................................................................................ 12 Northern Dart Xestia alpicola .................................................................................................................................. 12 Scythris siccella ........................................................................................................................................................ 13 Shoulder-striped Clover Heliothis maritima ............................................................................................................ 13 Silky Wave Idaea dilutaria ....................................................................................................................................... 13 Slender Scotch Burnet Zygaena loti scotica ............................................................................................................ 14 Small Dark Yellow Underwing Anarta melanopa .................................................................................................... 15 Straw Belle Aspitates gilvaria .................................................................................................................................. 15 Striped Lychnis Shargacucullia lychnitis .................................................................................................................. 15 Sussex Emerald Thalera fimbrialis ........................................................................................................................... 15 3.2 UK BAP MOTH NEWSLETTER .......................................................................................................................................... 16 3.3 UPDATE ON UK BAP BUTTERFLIES - A SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 2010 .................................................................................... 16 Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae ............................................................................................................................ 16 Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina ......................................................................................................................... 17 Heath Fritillary Melitaea athalia ............................................................................................................................. 18 High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe ..................................................................................................................... 19 Large Blue Maculinea arion ..................................................................................................................................... 19 Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia ......................................................................................................................... 19 Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne .......................................................................................................... 20 Wood White Leptidea sinapis .................................................................................................................................. 21 3.4 ADDITIONAL FACTSHEET ................................................................................................................................................ 22 4 BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION COUNTRY AND REGIONAL UPDATES .................................................................... 22 4.1 BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION IN SCOTLAND ......................................................................................................................... 22 4.1.1 Species Action Framework for Scottish Lepidoptera ................................................................................ 23 4.1.2 Central Belt Lowland Peat Project............................................................................................................. 23 4.2 BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION IN NORTHERN IRELAND ............................................................................................................ 24 4.2.1 Conserving the Marsh Fritillary in Northern Ireland ................................................................................. 25 4.3 BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION IN WALES .............................................................................................................................. 26 4.3.1 Marsh Fritillary in Wales ........................................................................................................................... 26 4.3.2 High Brown Brackenlands ........................................................................................................................