Sand Dart

Agrotis ripae

(Hübner, [1823])

National assessment

Declining

Local assessment

Unassessed

Associated assemblage

bare sand and chalk 390 other species in this assemblage

Last updated

2025-07-23

Statistics

Occurrences

64 since 2000 156 all time

Occupied 1 km squares

10 since 2000 12 all time

Earliest occurrence

1968

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

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

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

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

Cite this page

GLNP (2025). Agrotis ripae (Hübner, [1823]) 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=NBNORG0000057415 (Accessed 08 November 2025).