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Viper's Bugloss
Hadena irregularis
Checklist Number73.287 [B&F: 2168]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Extinct in the British Isles; formerly in roadside verges, open grassland and woodland edges in parts of Breckland, where last recorded in 1969. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 32-36 mm. The only known larval foodplant in the UK was Spanish Catchfly, a rare and localised species.
