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Topic: Moth rules - Mythimna favicolor (Mathew's Wainscot)

Hi,

This species was recently synonymised with Mythimna pallens (Common Wainscot). However, it causes an issue with the verbose error reporting which implies there may be something wrong with the synonymy in the Master Species List? Basically, the verbose error for pallens gives the error "Date is outside known flight period of Mythimna favicolor (Mathew's Wainscot) which is clearly incorrect. The same happens with the rules in iRecord.

Is it possible, ideally, to delete the entries in the MSL for favicolor and delete the associated rule, or investigate the issue so the rule stays intact but doesn't corrupt the output error messaging for pallens?

Best wishes,
Les

Les Evans-Hill
Senior Data Officer
Butterfly Conservation, Butterflies for the New Millennium and National Moth Recording Scheme

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Re: Moth rules - Mythimna favicolor (Mathew's Wainscot)

Hi Les,

We have an update to the Master Species List. I am just waiting for the species dictionary update to be live on the NBN Atlas and then I will test the MSL. If it is still a problem in the updated MSL, we can delete the entries as you ask.

Best wishes, Sophie

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Re: Moth rules - Mythimna favicolor (Mathew's Wainscot)

Hi Sophie,

Many thanks.

Les

Les Evans-Hill
Senior Data Officer
Butterfly Conservation, Butterflies for the New Millennium and National Moth Recording Scheme