The county lists show all moth species recorded in
Montgomeryshire (VC47) during the past 100 years.
The
table columns are :
- ABH
- Species number from "A checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British
Isles" by Agassiz, D.J.L., Beavan, S.D. & Heckford R.J. 2013.
- BF
- The species number from the "old" checklist by J.D. Bradley &
D.S.Fletcher in 1979 (updated in 2000 by J.D. Bradley).
- Common
name - Linked to species information pages
(Distribution maps were generated with DMAP
software supplied by Dr Alan Morton).
- Taxon
- Latin (scientific name) of each species (updated to reflect the ABH
2013 checklist).
- VC47
- Indicates the frequency status of each species in Montgomeryshire -
Some species
will be more common/widespread than we're aware of because
Montgomeryshire is generally under-recorded.
Based
on existing data (c.300,000 records), status codes have been
created to show relative frequency. To be accepted, new records of
scarcer species require verification (checking by the County Recorder) -
| Status |
Definition |
Does record need
verifying? |
Photo/specimen
required? |
| A |
Commonly found
throughout the county. |
Only when you're
unsure of identification. |
|
| B |
Found relatively
frequently during the last decade. |
Only when you're
unsure of identification. |
|
| C |
Rarely recorded
or restricted to local habitat in Montgomeryshire within the
past decade. |
See note (2) below. |
Yes unless note (2)
conditions met. |
| D |
Recorded more than
10 years ago and less than 30 years ago but not observed since. |
Everytime. |
Yes |
| E |
Recorded more than
30 years ago but not since. |
Everytime. |
Yes |
| None |
Not previously recorded in the county. |
Everytime. |
Yes |
Notes on submitting records
- All species with a county status of 'C' or
below need verifying by the County Recorder.
- If
the County Recorder is happy that the finder is familiar with a 'C'
status species then no further verification will be required for this
species.
- Where a species has been verified, please
include
the verifiers initials in a spreadsheet column (BMR users
should make a
note in the 'life stage data' on the 'half year sheet').
- Species
that can't be separated without genitalia determination should be
aggregated (agg.) E.g. Dark Dagger and Grey Dagger will be Dark/Grey
Dagger Agg. If gen.det has been undertaken, then this should be
noted with the initials of the determiner in a spreadsheet
column (BMR
users should make a note in the 'life stage data' on the 'half year
sheet').
- Any
species with 'C' status or below that does not meet the requirements
above will not be accepted as a record.
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- Flight
Dates - Earliest/Latest columns show the
earliest/latest dates that an ADULT of the species
has been recorded in Montgomeryshire.
- Records
- Total number of Montgomeryshire sightings for
the species held on our database at the time the table was
created.
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