Lepidoptera Conservation Bulletin Number 13 April 2012 – March 2013 Butterfly Conservation Report No. S13-18 Compiled & Edited by A. M. Davis (Moth Conservation Officer) M. S. Parsons (Head of Moth Conservation) October 2013 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. (eds.) (2013) Lepidoptera Conservation Bulletin Number 13: April 2012 – March 2013, Butterfly Conservation, Wareham. (Butterfly Conservation Report No. S13- 18) 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 2012 ............................................................................................ 3 Agonopterix atomella ................................................................................................................................................ 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........................................................................................................................................ 5 Coleophora vibicella .................................................................................................................................................. 5 Coleophora wockeella ............................................................................................................................................... 5 Dark Bordered Beauty Epione vespertaria ................................................................................................................ 5 Dingy Mocha Cyclophora pendularia ........................................................................................................................ 7 Drab Looper Minoa murinata .................................................................................................................................... 7 Eudarcia richardsoni .................................................................................................................................................. 7 Fiery Clearwing Pyropteron chrysidiformis ................................................................................................................ 8 Forester Adscita statices ............................................................................................................................................ 8 Grapholita pallifrontana ............................................................................................................................................ 8 Marsh Mallow Moth Hydraecia osseola hucherardi ................................................................................................. 9 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 Olive Crescent Trisateles emortualis ........................................................................................................................ 11 Phyllonorycter sagitella & Sciota hostilis ................................................................................................................. 11 Phyllonorycter scabiosella ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Reddish Buff Acosmetia caliginosa .......................................................................................................................... 11 Scarce Pug Eupithecia extensaria ............................................................................................................................ 11 Scarce Vapourer Orgyia recens ................................................................................................................................ 11 Scythris siccella ........................................................................................................................................................ 11 Shoulder-striped Clover Heliothis maritima ............................................................................................................. 12 Silky Wave Idaea dilutaria ....................................................................................................................................... 12 Slender Scotch Burnet Zygaena loti scotica ............................................................................................................. 12 Straw Belle Aspitates gilvaria .................................................................................................................................. 13 Striped Lychnis Shargacucullia lychnitis................................................................................................................... 13 Sussex Emerald Thalera fimbrialis ........................................................................................................................... 13 White-mantled Wainscot Archanara neurica .......................................................................................................... 14 White-spotted Pinion Cosmia diffinis ...................................................................................................................... 14 3.2 UK BAP MOTH NEWSLETTER .......................................................................................................................................... 14 3.3 UPDATE ON UK BAP BUTTERFLIES - A SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 2012 .................................................................................... 14 Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina ......................................................................................................................... 14 Heath Fritillary Melitaea athalia ............................................................................................................................. 15 Large Blue Phengaris arion ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia ........................................................................................................................ 17 Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne........................................................................................................... 18 Lulworth Skipper Thymelicus acteon ....................................................................................................................... 18 3.4 FARMLAND BUTTERFLY INITIATIVE ..................................................................................................................................... 19 4 BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION COUNTRY AND REGIONAL UPDATES .................................................................... 20 4.1 BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION IN SCOTLAND ......................................................................................................................... 20 4.1.1 Priority Species work in Scotland ............................................................................................................... 21 4.2 BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION IN NORTHERN IRELAND …. ………….…………………….…………………………………...………………………………………….……….23 4.3 BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION IN WALES .............................................................................................................................. 24 4.4 BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION IN THE WEST MIDLANDS .......................................................................................................... 24 4.4.1 Reconnecting the Wyre .............................................................................................................................. 25 4.4.2 Conserving the Wood White Butterfly in the South Shropshire Woods Project ......................................... 27 4.5 BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION IN NORTHERN ENGLAND ...........................................................................................................