Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Very common and fairly widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: Two generations, Apr-Oct.

Forewing: 12-16mm.

Foodplant: Docks, Dandelion other Herbaceous plants.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1871	1953	1911	1984	1999
Year last recorded	2015	2014	2014	2014	2015
Number of records	7767	1734	2318	2442	726
Number of individuals	22048	3444	4908	6685	2166
Unique positions	136	93	135	123	34
Unique locations	139	95	136	127	30
Adult records	7745	1710	2246	2271	726
Immature records	17	1	1	0	0

For the county, we have a total of 14987 records from 527 sites. First recorded in 1871.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: There are rather more records than in the 1970 list and these continue to be widely scattered. Now also recorded from vice-counties 62 and 64.

2012 (CHF): Widespread across the county but uncommon in the north west. Two large broods and the suggestion of a third with many more October records in recent years. Doing well and numbers are increasing.

See background to species accounts. Index of Vernacular names - Search - Random Species

Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65