Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Fairly common and fairly widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Feb-Apr.

Forewing: 16-19mm.

Foodplant: Oaks, Hawthorn, Blackthorn.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1883	1883	1847	1883	1883
Year last recorded	2014	2015	2014	2015	2015
Number of records	798	657	645	1060	347
Number of individuals	748	1413	1032	2777	615
Unique positions	80	71	109	131	27
Unique locations	82	70	101	135	25
Adult records	784	632	601	999	343
Immature records	2	0	6	0	0

For the county, we have a total of 3507 records from 413 sites. First recorded in 1847.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Well distributed and the most common moth of early spring in many areas. Recorded in all five vice-counties in almost all kinds of habitat. The larvae feed on a variety of deciduous trees.

2012 (CHF): Remains common and widespread across the county with no recent changes in range or distribution.

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Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65