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Cornish Red Data (2009)

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.

Sibinia sodalis - A weevil



Range & Status

Primarily southern and western, always scarce.

Regional Distribution

The Lizard (Keys, 1919) and Kenidjack in 1996.

Habitat & Ecology

Feeds on Thrift Armeria maritima on rocky sea cliffs.

Threats

Probably none.

Conservation

Much of The Lizard cliff-land is now owned by The National Trust; the Kenidjack site is owned by The National Trust.

Source:

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.



Cornish Biodiversity Network. 2017.