Record Highlights
Calamoncosis aspistylina (Chloropidae)
Recorder: Phil Brighton
A regional first. The only other records on NBN Atlas are in East Anglia. The larvae feed on reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea).
Sepsis thoracica (Sepsidae)
Recorder: Phil Brighton
New to VC60. An uncommon species restricted to southern England and usually close to the coast. Adults occur on fresh cow dung and also on horse dung, larvae in cow dung. The only previous regional occurrences were 2 in VC58 in 2023.
Tebenna micalis (Choreutidae)
Recorder: Steve Garland
This distinctive micro-moth was found resting on Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica), its larval foodplant. It represents only the third Lancashire record. The moth was fresh and was discovered directly on its host plant, making this perhaps the strongest evidence yet of local breeding within Lancashire.