Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Abundant and widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: Two generations, May-Aug, Sep.

Forewing: 15-19mm.

Foodplant: Herbaceous plants.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1879	1953	1846	1940	1969
Year last recorded	2015	2014	2014	2014	2015
Number of records	12024	5042	5316	7457	1164
Number of individuals	66519	51859	28878	91667	7318
Unique positions	201	192	255	287	53
Unique locations	197	179	257	294	48
Adult records	11939	4957	5157	7073	1156
Immature records	16	2	0	1	1

For the county, we have a total of 31003 records from 975 sites. First recorded in 1846.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Very common and widely distributed throughout all five vice-counties.

2012 (CHF): Common and widespread across the county with an increase of numbers in recent years. Sometimes large numbers are trapped eg 668 at Haxby on 21.7.1996. Small numbers of a second generation have been noted more often in the last ten years.

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Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65