Blair's Shoulder-knot

Lithophane leautieri

(Boisduval, 1829)

National status

Unassessed

Local assessment

Unassessed

Last updated

2025-07-24

Statistics

Occurrences

558 since 2000 572 all time

Occupied 1 km squares

63 since 2000 63 all time

Earliest occurrence

1992

Latest occurrence

2025

Distribution

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Occurrence since 1950

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This chart should not be relied upon for an indication of species status as variations in recording effort can heavily affect the count of occurrences and occupied 1km squares.

Monthly occurrences

References

Fox R, Dennis EB, Harrower CA, Blumgart D, Bell JR, Cook P, Davis AM, Evans-Hill LJ, Haynes F, Hill D, Isaac NJB, Parsons MS, Pocock MJO, Prescott T, Randle Z, Shortall CR, Tordoff GM, Tuson D & Bourn NAD (2021) The State of Britain’s Larger Moths 2021. Butterfly Conservation, Rothamsted Research and UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wareham, Dorset, UK. https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/the-state-of-britains-moths

GB Non-native species secretariat https://www.nonnativespecies.org/

Data sources

Local species recorders

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

Cite this page

GLNP (2025). Lithophane leautieri (Boisduval, 1829) species profile, in Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership (ed.) Greater Lincolnshire species data bank. Available at: http://glincsson.glnp.org.uk/view?t=NHMSYS0000520793 (Accessed 15 October 2026).