Archer's Dart

Agrotis vestigialis

(Hufnagel, 1766)

National assessment

Unassessed

Local assessment

Unassessed

Associated assemblage

bare sand and chalk 390 other species in this assemblage

Statistics

Occurrences

187 since 2000 486 all time

Occupied 1 km squares

32 since 2000 38 all time

Earliest occurrence

1951

Latest occurrence

2023

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.

References

Webb, J., Heaver, D., Lott, D., Dean, H.J., van Breda, J., Curson, J., Harvey, M.C., Gurney, M., Roy, D.B., van Breda, A., Drake, M., Alexander, K.N.A. and Foster, G. (2017). Pantheon. [online] Available at: http://www.brc.ac.uk [05/02/2025].

Data sources

Local species recorders

Buglife.

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

Cite this page

GLNP (2025). Agrotis vestigialis (Hufnagel, 1766) species profile, in Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership (ed.) Greater Lincolnshire species data bank. Available at: http://glincsson.glnp.org.uk/view?taxon_list_item_key=NBNORG0000009335 (Accessed 08 November 2025).