Re: Ladybirds
Am I mistaken or is there an error in the Recorder 3 dictionary? This seems to be the only dictionary with the 16-spot ladybird.
However, in there it is listed as both Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata and Halyzia sedecimguttata.
In the Naturalists' Handbooks and on the following website
http://www.ladybird-survey.org/UKladybirds/UKladybirds.htm
it says:
Tytthaspis 16-punctata is 16 spot ladybird (sci. is a synonym in Recorder to Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata)
and:
Halyzia 16-guttata is Orange Ladybird (sci. is a synonym in Recorder to Halyzia sedecimguttata, but is not called Orange Ladybird).
Are names in Recorder 3 updated still or are they now not going to be due to the preferred lists being there (although this species does not seem to be elsewhere)?
Thanks
Brian
(Conservation Officer (Buckinghamshire), BBOWT)