Species Account for Hydraecia petasitis
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Hydraecia petasitis Doubleday, 1847 73.124 
Butterbur
Lepidoptera: macromoths: Noctuidae
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Taxonomic group: larger moths (Lepidoptera: macromoths) - County data
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Adult:
Adult: Very scarce / difficult species, voucher specimen may be required
Records: 13
First Record: 1970
Latest Record: 2022
1992-on hectads: 5
Pre-1992 hectads: 3
Total hectads: 7
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Essex Red Data List comment
Recorded from 3 out of 57x10km.sq. records in county
Habitats
Broad Habitat Data (based on 2 records with habitat information)
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Habitat Detail and Method (based on 13 records with habitat detail and method information)
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