Rest Harrow (Aplasta ononaria)
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Invertebrate > insect - moth > Moth |
| Red List Status: | (Not Relevant) [(not listed)(nr)] |
| D5 Status: | |
| Section 41 Status: | (not listed) |
| Taxa Included Synonym: | (none) |
| UKSI Recommended Name: | Aplasta ononaria |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | (Fuessly, 1783) |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | (not listed) |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | GB Red List (Fox et al. 2019): NT. No long term trends but seems to be increasing in Kent and now thought to be resident in Suffolk, with annual records at some sites. Probably now at its strongest status ever. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Evidence suggests that it is spreading without intervention, probably as a result of climate change. |
| Question 3: | At a landscape scale, would the species benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | On the basis of current knowledge there is no evidence that these factors would benefit this species. Requires single host plant in dry habitats which would not be provided by this type of landscape management. |
Species Assessment
Not relevant as no Key Actions defined.
Key Actions
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Acknowledgment:
Data used on this website are adapted from Threatened species recovery actions 2025 baseline (JP065): Technical report and spreadsheet user guide (Natural England, 2025). Available here.