Bath Wildlife Sightings

Metalampra italica (a Micro-moth), Lower Hedgemead Road, Walcot, Bath, ST7565

Confirmed

Date first seen

Date last seen

Frequency of Sighting

Species

Metalampra italica (a Micro-moth)

Evidence

Sheltering under a leaf

Quantity

1

Locality

Lower Hedgemead Road, Walcot, Bath

Habitat

Planted Silver Birch

Environmental Conditions

Dull and windy

Grid Reference

ST750657

Other Information

First noticed in the British Isles in 2003 but now rapidly spreading. Several earlier records in the Bath area and from Keynsham.

Recorded by

Rob Randall

Identified by

Rob Randall, Paul Wilkins