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73.050 Cucullia absinthii - The Wormwood

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

A species seemingly restricted to the few areas where the main foodplant Wormwood grows in good stands, and is apparently absent from some apparently suitable sites (e.g. Cwm Ivy Tor). First recorded at Llantrisant in 1857 (EJ), then at Pwlldu 1893 (RBR), Port Talbot Docks 1887 - 1901 (HWV), a series of specimens was collected from Swansea, Mumbles and Margam between 1944 and 1956 (CHT) and another was reported from Swansea in 1968 (Anon). The only modern record is of a singleton trapped at Roath, Cardiff 02.xiii.1996 (DRWG). Main flight period during July.



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Moth Records

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Site Gridref Quantity Date Recorder More Info
Mumbles SS6187 3 Jul 1944 C.H. Tait
Roath, Central Cardiff ST188781 1 02 Aug 1996 David Gilmore
Port Talbot Docks (North) SS7689 0 1917 H.W. Vivian
Llantrisant (Evan John site) ST0483 0 1857 to 1914 Evan John
Mayals SS6090 0 1968 Unknown
Margam District SS7987 2 23 Jul 1954 H.D. Morgan
Pwlldu Point SS5786 0 1893 R.B. Robertson

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