The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Cornish Red Data Book (2009). The map on this web page depicts the organisms distribution and shows the records made pre-2000 and those made since.
Range & Status
Formerly widely recorded in Britain, but has become increasingly scarce in recent
decades.
Regional Distribution
Reported from the Isles of Scilly, the Land' s End area and most recently Kynance Cove in 1934. It is difficult to identify and this material needs checking.
Habitat & Ecology
Amongst wet vegetation and in damp moss, in a variety of wetland situations.
Threats
Drainage of its wetland habitats.
Conservation
Protection of wetlands from damaging developments.
I.J. Bennallick, S. Board, C.N. French, P.A. Gainey, C. Neil, R. Parslow, A. Spalding and P.E. Tompsett. eds. 2009. Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 2nd Edition.Croceago Press.
The Cornish Red Data Book Project was led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders (CISFBR). The full text and species accounts (minus the maps) are available on the CISFBR website.