Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Very common and widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, May-Jul.

Forewing: 18-22mm.

Foodplant: Grasses.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1929	1953	1845	1886	1974
Year last recorded	2015	2014	2014	2014	2015
Number of records	3507	1345	1131	2431	859
Number of individuals	5954	2414	2540	7467	2974
Unique positions	135	130	158	283	49
Unique locations	135	126	165	280	44
Adult records	3474	1321	1067	2335	848
Immature records	1	1	4	0	1

For the county, we have a total of 9273 records from 750 sites. First recorded in 1845.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Quite common throughout all five vice-counties, especially in open grassland sites. This species appears to have been adversely affected by the weather of 1976 and at least in some areas became reduced in numbers for several years, although even then it was still reasonably frequent. The melanic form ab. combusta (Haworth) is common in VC64 and presumably elsewhere.

2012 (CHF): Common and widespread across the county, particularly in the uplands where large numbers are often reported eg 85 at Greenhow on 26.6.2011. The main flight time is May to July but late individuals are sometimes trapped in September and these are commonest in the uplands. In most areas the melanic ab combusta comprises 20 - 30% of the total.

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