FLAME SHOULDER Ochropleura plecta
Common
Scottish Status: Common - stable. UK Status: Common
UK abundance shows a major increase since 1970 and it is becoming double brooded further north. (cf: Atlas of Britain & Ireland's Larger Moths)
First and last flight dates recorded in Caithness: 19th May to 18th August. Occasional records in September may indicate an occasional second generations


MAP: black dots last record pre 2000  blue dots last record 2000 to 2009  
red dots last record 2010 to 2019  green dots last record 2020 to present 

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