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73.011 Diachrysia chryson - Scarce Burnished Brass

Scarce Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chryson)
Scarce Burnished Brass (Dia...

Species account from Moths of Glamorgan
(Gilmore, Slade & Stewart, 2009):

A species found in a variety of habitats associated with wetland transitions where Hemp Agrimony is found. The core area in the county is centred round the margins of the extensive bogs, fens and saltmarshes of Crymlyn and Pant-y-sais, though records elsewhere indicate that the species occurs at low levels at other sites on the Gower Peninsula.



10km Distribution Map

Blue squares represent records from before 2000, Red squares are post 2000 records.

Tetrad Distribution Map

Blue squares represent records from before 2000, Red squares are post 2000 records.

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Moth Records

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Site Gridref Quantity Date Recorder More Info
Crymlyn Bog visitor centre and surrounds (CCS) SS687944 1 23 Jul 1998 Barry Stewart
Oxwich NNR (central) 1km square SS5087 1 25 Jul 1977 D.O. Elias
Oxwich NNR (se) 1km square SS5086 1 09 Jul 1999 Barry Stewart
Tongwynlais ST1382 0 1917 Ekins
Glen Moor, Gower SS468909 1 22 Jul 2014 David Painter
Pant-y-sais East SS723946 1 10 Jul 1982 R.G. Warren
Tennant Canal/Crymlyn Burrows SS7093 1 09 Jul 1988 Linda, Rob Nottage
Crymlyn Bog SS697950 0 2003 to 2004 CCW records
Abercregan SS84639697 1 13 Jul 2017 Paul Parsons
Pencaecrwn Road, Gorseinon SS584994 1 24 Jul 2012 Barry Stewart
Cwmdulais Cottages SN617035 1 11 Aug 1998 Barry Stewart, Sandra Stewart
Nantyffyllon SS85399292 1 30 Jun 2018 Paul Parsons
Glen Moor, Reynoldston, Gower SS468909 1 29 Jul 2000 David Painter
Plunch Lane, Limeslade, Mumbles SS62298727 1 11 Jul 2014 Owain Gabb
Swansea Vale SS6997 0 1997 Kevin Dupé, Martin White
Gendros SS6395 0 1893 R.B. Robertson
Crymlyn Bog visitor centre and surrounds (CCS) SS687944 1 04 Jul 2001 Sam Bosanquet, J. Baker
Oxwich NNR SS5187 0 1900 to 1983 Oxwhich NCC Files
Oxwich NNR (se) 1km square SS5086 3 19 Jul 1998 Barry Stewart
Abercanaid, Merthyr Tydfil SO05940366 1 02 Jul 2020 Unknown
Oxwich SS505875 0 1800 to 2007 Unknown (CCW database)
Pen-y-waun SN6300 1 11 Jul 1997 Barry Stewart
Marcroft industrial site SS684934 1 19 Jul 2004 Barry Stewart
Oxwich NNR (se) 1km square SS5086 1 11 Jul 1999 David Gilmore, Mike Powell
Prior's Meadow SS578938 1 21 Jul 2018 C. Manley
Cheriton SS4493 1 17 Jul 1998 Ian Tew
Maesteg, Mynydd Bach (west) SS8592 1 22 Jul 2012 P. Parsons
Pant-y-sais SS717943 3 19 Jul 1997 Glamorgan Moth Recording Group
Alexander Place, Abercanaid, Merthyr Tydfil SO059036 1 02 Jul 2020 Mike Hogan
Abercregan SS84629698 1 26 Jul 2018 Paul Parsons
Manselfield (Llewellyn garden/quarry) SS5988 1 09 Aug 2013 Owain Gabb
Cymmer Tip SS862972 1 29 Jul 2013 C. Manley
Crymlyn Bog SS697950 0 1900 to 1997 Martin White
Sea View, Cwm Ivy SS438937 1 25 Jul 2002 Veronica Shenston
Oxwich NNR (central) 1km square SS5087 1 02 Aug 1979 D.O. Elias, I. Nicol
Horton SS4785 1 08 Jul 2000 Glamorgan Moth Recording Group
Plunch Lane, Limeslade, Mumbles SS62298727 1 14 Jul 2014 Owain Gabb
Gwynfaen saltmarsh, Loughor SS5799 1 26 Jul 1998 Barry Stewart, Sandra Stewart
Prior's Meadow SS577940 1 06 Jul 2017 C. Manley
Tongwynlais ST135825 1 1917 T. Ekins
Oxwich NNR (se) 1km square SS5086 1 29 Jul 1998 Barry Stewart, Sandra Stewart
Caswell Bay cliff and slope SS594874 6 12 Jul 2013 C. Manley
Pen-y-waun, Felindre SN6308 0 1997 to 1998 Unknown
Pencaecrwn Road, Gorseinon SS585995 1 21 Jul 1997 Barry Stewart, Sandra Stewart
Nantyffyllon SS853929 1 16 Jul 2019 Paul Parsons
Oxwich NNR (central) 1km square SS5087 0 Jun 1980 Rothamstead Insect Survey
Cwmbach, Aberdare SO028018 1 06 Aug 2021 Mark Evans
Llanmadoc, Frog Lane SS446933 1 18 Jul 1998 Ian Tew
Neath (a) SS7496 0 1874 J.P. Llewellyn, J.T. Llewellyn
Caswell Bay cliff and slope SS594874 1 25 Jul 2012 C. Manley
Pluck Lake SS671960 1 14 Jul 2013 C. Manley
Cwmbach, Aberdare SO028018 1 23 Jul 2021 Mark Evans
Cwmdulais Cottages SN617035 1 20 Jul 2003 Barry Stewart, Sandra Stewart
Pencaecrwn Road, Gorseinon SS585995 1 29 Jul 2002 Barry Stewart
Pencaecrwn Road, Gorseinon SS585995 1 28 Jul 2002 Barry Stewart
Abercregan SS846969 2 21 Jul 2022 Paul Parsons
Abercregan SS846969 2 21 Jul 2022 Paul Parsons

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Scarce Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chryson)
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