Species Account for Acherontia atropos
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Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758) 69.005
Death's-head Hawk-moth
Lepidoptera: macromoths: Sphingidae
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Taxonomic group: larger moths (Lepidoptera: macromoths) - County data
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Records: 51
First Record: 1940
Latest Record: 2020
1992-on hectads: 21
Pre-1992 hectads: 10
Total hectads: 26
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Species text last edited on Tue Nov 13th 2007 by user 1
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