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New Forest Burnet

Zygaena viciae

Checklist Number
54.007 [B&F: 0168]

Verification
Record requires retention of specimen until confirmed, and may require dissection. Consult with CMR if unsure

Classification

Family:Zygaenidae
Subfamily:Zygaeninae
Genus:Zygaena
Species:viciae
Authority:([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Subspecies ytenensis formerly abundant in Hampshire in the New Forest up until the early years of the 20th Century, where it frequented woodland rides and clearings, but now extinct in England, possibly through over-collecting. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight. Subspecies argyllensis confined in Britain to one or two cliff ledges at one site in western Argyll, where first discovered in 1963, protected under the UK Wildlife and Countryside Act, a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. Wingspan 21-31 mm. Day-flying. Larva feeds on Bird's-foot Trefoil and Meadow Vetchling.

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Shoot Wood, NF (SU20)1872--
Stubby Copse, NF (SU30)1872--
Minstead (SU21)1872--
Denny Wood, NF (SU30)1872--
Woodfidley (SU30)1872--
Perrywood Hazeley Inclosure, NF (SU30)1872--
Ramnor Inclosure (SU30)1872--
Parkhill Inclosure (SU30)1872--
Stubby Copse Inclosure (SU30)1872--
Matley Bog, NF (SU30)1872--
New Copse Inclosure, NF (SU30)1872--
NF (SU30)1897-H D Edelston-
NF (SU30)1899-E D Bostock-
Woodfidley (SU30)1920-Anon-
Woodfidley (SU30)1927-Anon-
Woodfidley (SSSI) (SU30)1927-Anon-