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2435 Scarce Burnished Brass Diachrysia chryson

(Esper, 1789)

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Macro-moth provisional distribution for the British Isles (excluding the Republic of Ireland) from the National Moth Recording Scheme.
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2435 Scarce Burnished Brass Diachrysia chryson

(Esper, 1789)

Wingspan 44-54 mm.

Formerly resident in a number of southern and eastern counties, this species has reduced in range, and now occurs in only a few southern counties of England and south Wales.

An inhabitant of marshy places, fens, and river banks, the adults fly at night in July and August.

The larvae feed on hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum).

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