Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Scarce and local resident. Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation Flight time: Apr-Jun. Forewing: 7-9mm. Foodplant: Heathers. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 1979 | 2002 | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 |
Year last recorded | 2011 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 |
Number of records | 12 | 51 | 23 | 22 | 7 |
Number of individuals | 118 | 504 | 61 | 18 | 5 |
Unique positions | 9 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 6 |
Unique locations | 8 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 6 |
Adult records | 12 | 51 | 20 | 19 | 6 |
Immature records | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 115 records from 68 sites. First recorded in 1883.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Widely recorded and common to abundant wherever there is a good growth of heather, both on the moors and in woodland throughout all five vice-counties.
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