Former Distribution: Formby dunes (SD20T, HS Fisher, pre 1861); Hale (SJ48R, Dr. Collingwood,
1860); Highfield Moss (SJ69C, JB Wood, Buxton 1859); Risley Moss (SJ69Q, JB Wood,
Buxton 1859); Manchester (SJ89, T Howson, n.d., Biological Record Centre).
Habitat: Once a feature of dune-slacks and wet lowland heaths.
Taxon Designation: UK BAP Priority Species; Nationally Scarce; Endangered; Species of Principal
Importance in England; Species of Conservation Importance in North West England.
Comments: This species is thought to be extinct in the vice-county with the above
records being from the mid 19th century.
