Appendix 6 Rare and Threatened Invertebrate and Vascular Plant Species Identified From

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Appendix 6 Rare and threatened invertebrate and vascular plant species identified from desktop study

We were able to find reference to 78 invertebrate species which were either included on the relevant UK Red List and/or listed in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan and/or in the section 41 list of species of principal importance for nature conservation in England. These are listed in the table below.

In addition to the above, we were able to find reference to 18 vascular plant species which were either included on the relevant UK Red List and/or listed in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan and/or in the section 41 list of species of principal importance for nature conservation in England.

This list excludes species considered Nationally Scarce (previously known as Notable, in the case of invertebrates) or rare or scarce in the county, except where they are included within one of the classifications below.

Data sources were Kent and Medway Biological Records Centre, Kent Red Data Book, historic survey data held on Kent Wildlife Trust files, and survey data reported in documents associated with the planning proposals.

Explanation of Red List categories applicable to invertebrates:

RDB1 Endangered (pre 1994): Taxa in danger of extinction and whose survival is unlikely if the causal factors keep operating.

RDB2 Vulnerable (pre 1994): Taxa believed likely to move into the Endangered category in the near future.

NB Vulnerable (post 1994): From 1994, a taxon was determined as Vulnerable when it was not Critically Endangered or Endangered but was facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term future,

RDB3 Rare (pre 1994): Taxa with small populations which are not at present Endangered or Vulnerable but are at risk.

RDBK Insufficiently known (pre 1994): Taxa suspected of falling within categories 1-3, but about which there is insufficient information to be certain.

NB a lower-case ‘p’ before the RDB criterion indicates provision status, where the status has not been formally published.

Section 41 invertebrate species of principal importance for the conservation of biodiversity in England

Scientific Name / Common Name / Noted as occurring at / Most recent date / Criterion
Anergates atratulus / Dark Guest Ant / Dungeness / S41
UKBAP
Global Red List Status = Vulnerable
Thalera fimbrialis / Sussex Emerald / Dungeness SSSI / 1999 / S41
UKBAP
RDB1 Endangerd
(pre 1994 listing)
Hadena albimacula / White Spot moth / Dungeness. Within Dungenesss, Romney Marsh & Rye Bay SSSI / 1999 / S41
UKBAP
RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Leptothorax interruptus / A slender-bodied ant / Dungeness SSSI / 1994 / S41
UKBAP
RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Bombus humilis / Brown-Banded Carder Bee / Lydd / Lydd Airport. Land to southeast of main runway / July - Sept 2005 / S41
UKBAP
Bombus muscorum / Moss Carder Bee / Lydd / 22/08/1975 / S41
UKBAP
Bombus ruderarius / Red-shanked Carder Bee / Lydd / 20/08/1972 / S41
UKBAP
Bombus ruderatus / Large Garden Bumblebee / Lydd; Dungeness / 14/06/1975 / S41
UKBAP
Bombus sylvarum / Shrill Carder Bee / Gravel pit; Lydd / 2010 / S41
UKBAP
Brachylomia viminalis / Minor Shoulder-knot / Lydd Airport approach road / 15/07/2008 / S41
UKBAP (research only)
Coenonympha pamphilus / Small Heath / Lydd Airport / 09/06/2005 / S41
UKBAP
Hoplodrina blanda / The Rustic / Lydd Airport approach road / 14/07/2008 / S41
UKBAP (research only)
Hydraecia osseola / Marsh Mallow moth / Dungeness. Described in Ch10.4.10 as, "Present on the grazing marshes" / 1999 / S41
UKBAP
Malacosoma neustria / Lackey moth / Lydd Airport approach road / 14/07/2008 / S41
UKBAP (research only)
Melanchra persicariae / Dot Moth / Lydd Airport approach road / 14/07/2008 / S41
UKBAP (research only)
Melanotus punctolineatus / Sandwich Click beetle / Within Dungenesss, Romney Marsh & Rye Bay SSSI / 1991 / S41
UKBAP
Mesoligia literosa / Rosy Minor / Lydd Airport approach road / 15/07/2008 / S41
UKBAP (research only)

UK Biodiversity Action Plan invertebrate species not included in s41 list

Scientific Name / Common Name / Noted as occurring at / Most recent date / Criterion
Calophasia lunula / Toadflax Brocade / Dungeness / 23/08/1999 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Aplasta ononaria / Restharrow moth / near Dungeness / 1999 / UKBAP
RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)

UK Red List invertebrate species

Scientific Name / Common Name / Noted as occurring at / Most recent date / Criterion
Aphrodes duffieldi / A leafhopper / Dungeness / 1999 /

Endemic

RDBK Insufficiently Known
(pre 1994 listing)
Campiglossa malaris / Mottled Ragwort Fly / Dungeness / 1999 / RDBK Insufficiently Known
(pre 1994 listing)
Chirosia aberrans / A fly / Dungeness / RDBK Insufficiently Known
(pre 1994 listing)
Apostenus fuscus / A spider / Within Dungenesss, Romney Marsh & Rye Bay SSSI / 2006 / pRDB1 Endangered
(pre 1994 listing)
Clostera anachoreta / Scarce Chocolate Tip / Dungeness. Dungeness SSSI / 1999 / RDB1 Endangered
(pre 1994 listing)
Coleophora galbulipenella (C. otitae) / A case-bearing moth / Dungeness. Within Dungenesss, Romney Marsh & Rye Bay SSSI / 1999 / pRDB1 Endangered
(pre 1994 listing)
Cydia lobarzewskii / A moth / Dungeness / RDB1 Endangered
(pre 1994 listing)
Dibolia cynoglossi / A flea beetle / Dungeness (within the power station compound). Within Dungenesss, Romney Marsh & Rye Bay SSSI / 1993 / RDB1 Endangered
(pre 1994 listing)
Eilema pygmaeola ssp pallifrons / Dungeness Pigmy Footman / Dungeness SSSI / 2008 / RDB1 Endangered
(pre 1994 listing)
Evagetes pectinipes / A spider-hunting wasp / Within Dungenesss, Romney Marsh & Rye Bay SSSI / 1999 / RDB1 Endangered
(pre 1994 listing)
Lasiocampa trifolii spp flava / Pale Grass Eggar / Within Dungenesss, Romney Marsh & Rye Bay SSSI / 1999 / RDB1 Endangered
(pre 1994 listing)
Nomada ferruginata / a cuckoo bee / Dungeness / 10/06/1905 / RDB1 Endangered
(pre 1994 listing)
Omophron limbatum / A ground beetle / Dungeness-Lydd area. Within Dungenesss, Romney Marsh & Rye Bay SSSI / 1999 / RDB1 Endangered
(pre 1994 listing)
Pellenes tripunctatus / A jumping spider / Within Dungenesss, Romney Marsh & Rye Bay SSSI / 1993 / RDB1 Endangered
(pre 1994 listing)
Pilophorus confusus / A true bug / Dungeness (Long Pits) / 1981 / RDB1 Endangered
(pre 1994 listing)
Polyodaspis sulcicollis / A grass fly / Dungeness / 1988 / RDB1 Endangered
(pre 1994 listing)
Tinagma balteolella / A moth / Dungeness / 1998 / RDB1 Endangered
(pre 1994 listing)
Dyschirius obscurus / A ground beetle / Lydd-Dungeness Area. Within Dungenesss, Romney Marsh & Rye Bay SSSI / 1999 / RDB2 Vulnerable
(pre 1994 listing)
Erynnia ocypterata / A fly / Dungeness / 1937 / RDB2 Vulnerable
(pre 1994 listing)
Ethmia bipunctella / A moth / Dungeness / 21/06/1905 / pRDB2 Vulnerable
(pre 1994 listing)
Ethmia terminella / A moth / Dungeness / 19/06/1905 / pRDB2 Vulnerable
(pre 1994 listing)
Gelechia muscosella / A moth / Dungeness / 1991 / RDB2 Vulnerable
(pre 1994 listing)
Odontomyia ornata / A true fly / Lydd Airport site / 29/06/1905 / RDB2 Vulnerable
(pre 1994 listing)
Pediasia fascelinella / A moth / Dungeness / 1990 / RDB2 Vulnerable
(pre 1994 listing)
Philanthus triangulum / Bee-wolf / Land to south east of main runway at Lydd Airport / 2005 / RDB2 Vulnerable
(pre 1994 listing)
Scopula nigropunctata / Sub-angled Wave / Dungeness / 1999 / RDB2 Vulnerable
(pre 1994 listing)
Tachydromia terricola / A fly / Lydd; ARC Pit at Dungeness; Dungeness SSSI / 1991 /

Vulnerable

(post 1994 listing)
Trichonchus affinis / A spider / Dungeness / 1989 / RDB2 Vulnerable
(pre 1994 listing)
Trichopterna cito / A spider / Dungeness / 1989 / RDB2 Vulnerable
(pre 1994 listing)
Xyletinus longitarsis / A beetle / Dungeness / 1963 / RDB2 Vulnerable
(pre 1994 listing)
Acleris permutana / A moth / Dungeness / 1998 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Apion rubiginosum / A weevil / Dungeness / 1988 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Cantharis fusca / A soldier beetle / Dungeness; Lydd Ranges. / 1987 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Ceutorhynchus verrucatus / A weevil / Lydd Ranges along the South Brooks Road and at West Ripe on Dungeness / 1984 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Cynaeda dentalis / A moth / Lydd Airport. Near the location of the proposed new terminal building / 2008 / pRDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Dromius vectensis / A ground beetle / Dungeness / 1991 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Dryophilus anobioides / A beetle / Dungeness / 1991 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Eilema pygmaeola ssp pygmaeola / Pigmy footman / Dungeness / 1999 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Enochrus isotae / A water beetle / Land to southeasts of main runway at Lydd Airport / 2007 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Euophrys browningi / A jumping spider / Within Dungenesss, Romney Marsh & Rye Bay SSSI / 1984 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Heliothis viriplaca / Marbled Clover moth / Dungeness / 1959 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Graptodytes bilineatus / A water beetle / Lydd Airport site / 2007 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Heterocerus hispidulus / A beetle / Lydd-Dungeness Area. / 1972 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Hydrochus elongatus / A beetle / Lydd Airport site / 2007 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Hydrophilus piceus / Great Silver Water Beetle / Lydd Airport site / 2007 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Hylaeus euryscapus / A yellow-faced bee / Caravan site; Greatstone-on-Sea; Lydd; Dungeness / 25/06/1996 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Lathys stigmatisata / A spider / 1988 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Melissoblaptes zelleri / A moth / Dungeness / 1998 / pRDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Minettia flaviventris / A fly / Dungeness / 1988 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Monosynamma maritima / A true bug / Dungeness / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Nyctegretis lineana / A moth / Dungeness / 14/06/1905 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Passaloecus clypealis / A solitary wasp / Dungeness / 1991 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Phlegra fasciata / A jumping spider / Dungeness; Lydd Ranges. / 1992 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Smicronyx coecus / A weevil / Dungeness and Lydd Ranges / 1989 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Telmatophilus brevicollis / A beetle / Dungeness / 1985 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Yponomeuta rorrella / Willow Ermine / Dungeness / 1995 / RDB3 Rare
(pre 1994 listing)
Metzneria neuropterella / A moth / Dungeness / 1965 / Red List status ‘Indeterminate’
(pre 1994 listing)
Neofriseria peliella / A moth / Dungeness / 20/06/1905 / Red List status ‘Indeterminate’
(pre 1994 listing)

Explanation of Red List categories applicable to vascular plants:

Extinct in the Wild: a taxon is Extinct in the Wild when it is known only to survive in cultivation, in captivity or as a naturalized population (or populations) well outside the past range.

Critically Endangered: a taxon is Critically Endangered when it is considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild, based on best available evidence and assessment against identified criteria.

Endangered: a taxon is Endangered when it is considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild, based on best available evidence and assessment against identified criteria.

Vulnerable: a taxon is Vulnerable when it is considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, based on best available evidence and assessment against identified criteria.

Near Threatened: a taxon is Near Threatened when it has been evaluated against the criteria but does not qualify for Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable now, but is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

NB a lower-case ‘p’ before the RDB criterion indicates provision status, where the status has not been formally published.

Section 41 vascular plant species of principal importance for the conservation of biodiversity in England

Scientific Name / Common Name / Location / Most recent date / Criterion
Crepis foetida / Stinking Hawk's-beard / Dungeness SSSI / 1999 / S41
UKBAP

Extinct in the wild

(Red List 2001)
Galeopsis angustifolia / Red Hemp-nettle / "shingle beaches of Dungenss and Rye Harbour" / 1997 / S41
UKBAP

Critically Endangered

(Red List 2001)
Carex divisa / Divided Sedge / Littlestone-on-Sea. Dymchurch. Romney. New Romney. Lydd Airport - south of main runway on western side of airport ground. Dungeness, Romney Marsh & Rye Bay SSSI / Jun-05 / S41
UKBAP
Vulnerable
(Red List 2001)
Hordeum marinum / Sea Barley / Within Dungenesss, Romney Marsh & Rye Bay SSSI / 1999 / S41
UKBAP
Lactuca saligna / Least Lettuce / Dungeness, Romnney Marsh & Rye Bay SSSI schedules states, "Around Camber Castle...". And "Rye Harbour LNR." and "shingle beaches" / 2006 (date of SSSI notification / S41
UKBAP
Potamogeton acutifolius / Sharp-leaved Pondweed / Within Dungenesss, Romney Marsh & Rye Bay SSSI / 1998 / S41; UKBAP
Puccinellia fasciculata / Borrer's Saltmarsh-Grass / Littlestone; Romney Marsh & Rye Bay SSSI / 1998 / S41; UKBAP
Scleranthus annuus / Annual Knawel / Dungeness / S41; UKBAP

Endangered

(Red List 2001)
Sium latifolium / Greater Water-parsnip / Within Dungenesss, Romney Marsh & Rye Bay SSSI / 1997 / S41; UKBAP

Endangered

(Red List 2001)

UK Red List vascular plant species