Butterfly Conservation have identified parts of East Kent as a priority area to set up a project relating to moths and their conservation. They are putting in a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund.
As part of this they have provisionally identified some species of particular interest. They would be very interested in Kent Moth Group members views on this list.eg are there any glaring omissions.
Two key features of the bid are conservation and engagement. Some of the species lend themselves more to one area than the other.
There is only a couple of months to refine the bid and so if anyone has any relevant views could they email me, via the Kent Moth Group email- mothsinkent@gmail.com and I will collect them together and pass them on.
Focus species (provisional)
Primary moths
Black-veined Moth, Marsh Mallow Moth, Bright Wave, Sussex Emerald, Fiery Clearwing, Straw Belle
Other moths
Anania funebris, Drab Looper, Rest Harrow, Stigmella zelleriella, Common Fan-foot,
Sciota hostilis, Phylonorycter sagitella, Phyllonorycter scabiosella, Agrotera nemoralis,
Grapholita pallifrontana, White Spot, Four-spotted, Barred Tooth-striped, Sloe Carpet,
Chalk Carpet, Fisher’s Estuarine Moth
Caryocolum blandulella, Pempeliella ornatella, Coleophora galbulipennella, Phyllonorycter insignitella, Coleophora chalcogramella
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