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73.042 Acronicta menyanthidis - Light Knot Grass

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

Found on open moorland, principally in the Merthyr area, with records at Merthyr Tydfil 1900 (GF), Merthyr Common 01.v.1997 (DRWG, MCP), Bedd-y-Gwyddel 03.vi.1998 (BS, SJS), Abernant 26.vi.2001 (ME), though also recorded at Llantrisant 21.vi.1899 (EJ), and three times on Gower; at Mayals 29.v.1978 (SW, SVW), Cefn Bryn 27.vi.1941 (CHT), Swansea (unspecified) 03.vi.1941 (CHT) and Clyne May 1944 (CHT).



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Site Gridref Quantity Date Recorder More Info
Merthyr Tydfil SO0406 1 1900 to 1927 G. Fleming
Merthyr Common (Twynau Gwynion) SO065105 1 01 May 1997 D.R.W. Gilmore, M.C. Powell
Seven Sisters (Forestry margin) SN826088 1 11 Aug 2013 Richard Smith
Mynydd Aberdar, RCT/MT border SO0205 1 01 Jun 2012 Mark Evans
Bryn-du & Ty'n-y-coedcae SO0007 1 24 Jul 2007 George Tordoff
Blaen-nant, Abernant SO0204 1 19 Jun 2013 Mark Evans
Nelson Bog ST125956 p: 1 10 Jun 1988 to 11 Aug 1988 P.R. Holmes: D.C. Boyce: Dave Reed
Nelson Bog (WPIS) ST125956 1 present (Estimate) 1988 Welsh Peatland Invert. Survey, G.M. Haggett
Clyne SS6190 1 May 1944 C.H. Tait
Mayals, 50 Owls Lodge SS608904 1 29 May 1978 Steve Walmsley, Jim Wright
Bedd-y-Gwyddel SO0006 1 19 Jun 1998 B. Stewart, S.J. Stewart
Cefnrhos-gwawr plantation SN9801 1 06 Jun 2014 Mark Evans
Swansea SS69 1 03 Jun 1941 C.H. Tait
Cefn Bryn SS504907 1 27 Jun 1941 C.H. Tait
Twyn Blaen-nant, Abernant SO025042 2 26 Jun 2001 Mark Evans

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