Invertebrates extinct in the last 100 years
How many species have gone extinct in the last 100 years? This
is not an easy question to answer....
The following list has been
compiled:
Dates of "extinction" for
well-studied invertebrates in Britain
Dates last seen in Britain are
given (in some cases these are approximate, due to lack of precise
data).
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Lepidoptera (butterflies
and moths)
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Butterflies
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Species name
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Binomial
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Approximate last date
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Large Copper
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Lycaena dispar
dispar
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1865
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Black-veined White
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Aporia crataegi
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1925
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Large Blue
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Maculinea arion
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1979
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Mazarine Blue
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Cyaniris semiargus
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1906
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Moths
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Isle of Wight Wave
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Idaea humilata
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1931
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The Many Lined
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Costaconvexa
polygrammata
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1875
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Frosted Yellow
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Isturgia limbaria
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1914
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Speckled Beauty
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Fagivorina
arenaria
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1885
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White Prominent
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Leucodonta
bicoloria
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1865
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Reed Tussock
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Laelia coenosa
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1875
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Gypsy Moth
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Lymantria dispar
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1907
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Scarce Black Arches
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Nola aerugula
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1898
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Small Ranunculus
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Hecatera dysodea
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1937
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The Conformist
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Lithophane furcifera
suffusa
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1880
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Flame Brocade
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Trigonophora
flammea
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1919
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Orache Moth
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Trachea atriplicis
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1915
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Union Rustic
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Apamea
pabulatricula
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1919
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Viper's Bugloss
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Hadena irregularis
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1977
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Odonata (dragonflies and
damselflies)
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Species name
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Binomial
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Approximate last date
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Norfolk damselfly
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Coenagrion armatum
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1957
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Dainty damselfly
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Coenagrion
scitulum
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1953
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Orange-spotted Emerald
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Oxygastra curtisii
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1957
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Coleoptera
(beetles)
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Species name
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Binomial
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Approximate last date
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A ground beetle
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Agonum sahlbergi
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1914
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A ground beetle
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Harpalus honestus
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1905
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A ground beetle
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Scybalicus
oblongiusculus
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1926
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A water beetle
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Rhantus aberratus
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1904
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A water beetle
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Graphoderus
bilineatus
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1906
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A water beetle
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Ochthebius aeneus
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1913
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A histerid
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Teretrius fabricii
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1907
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A tenebrionid
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Platydema
violaceum
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1957
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A further 56 species were lost
from Britain before 1900
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Hymenoptera (bees, wasps
and ants)
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Species name
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Binomial
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Approximate last date
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A mason wasp
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Odynerus
reniformis
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1915
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A mason wasp
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Odynerus
simillimus
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1905
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A digger wasp
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Mellinus
crabroneus
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c1950
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A mining bee
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Andrena polita
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1934
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A mining bee
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Halictus maculatus
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1930
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A mining bee
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Eucera tuberculata
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1941
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A bumblebee
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Bombus cullumanus
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1926
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A further 18 species were lost
from Britain before 1900
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Trichoptera (caddis
flies)
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Species name
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Binomial
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Approximate last date
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A caddis fly
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Hydropsyche
bulgaromanorum
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1926
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A caddis fly
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Hydropsyche
exocellata
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1901
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