Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
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National Status: Local Local Status: Uncommon and local resident. Local Record: Grade 3 See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Jul-Sep. Forewing: 14-18mm. Foodplant: Herbaceous plants. |
Regional breakdown:
| VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | |
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| Year first recorded | 1874 | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 |
| Year last recorded | 2014 | 2013 | 1989 | 1940 |
| Number of records | 1571 | 22 | 16 | 3 |
| Number of individuals | 2472 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| Unique positions | 36 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| Unique locations | 43 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| Adult records | 1565 | 22 | 15 | 2 |
| Immature records | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 1612 records from 62 sites. First recorded in 1874.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: There are few recent records. This species is very local in Yorkshire except on the coast.
2012 (CHF): There is a healthy colony of this moth at Spurn and it is reported most years from Teesside. There have been many inland records from the west of VC61 but it has not been reported from there since 2006. No records from VC63 since 1989.
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