The county moth lists show all moth species recorded in
Montgomeryshire (VC47) during the past 100 years. The table
columns are :
- BF
- To assist with identification, all species, sub-species and
moth forms found in the British Isles were allocated numbers by J.D. Bradley &
D.S.Fletcher in 1979 (updated in 2000 by J.D. Bradley).
- Common
name - (where one exists).
- Taxon
- linked to species information pages. The maps used were
generated using DMAP
software supplied by Dr Alan Morton.
- 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.122,000 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
last 10 years. | See note (2) below. | Yes unless note (2) conditions met. |
| D |
Recorded between
1970 and 1999 but not observed since. | Everytime. | Yes |
| E |
Recorded before 1970
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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- Records
- shows the total number of Montgomeryshire sightings for
the species held on our database at the time the table was
created.
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