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The Basker
Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)
Erebidae: Arctiinae
2072 / 72.0271

Similar Yorkshire Species: None
Red List:
GB Status: Adventive / Adventive
Former Status: Adventive
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

Yorkshire Status: adventive

This rather attractive adventive moth has just been seen once in the county. It was bred from a cocoon on a banana skin at Shipley Glen (Bradford) in July 1948. It languishes in Appendix A of the A,B&H list "occasionally imported with bananas, African".

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 1 (1%) of 200 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1948.
Last Recorded in 1948.
Additional Stats

Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
July 1948164SE13 - Bradford
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