Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Local Local Status: Uncommon and local resident. Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Jul-Aug Forewing: 14-16mm. Foodplant: Common Reed. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | |
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Year first recorded | 1883 | 1991 | 1964 | 1883 |
Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 |
Number of records | 818 | 27 | 126 | 43 |
Number of individuals | 1217 | 36 | 404 | 51 |
Unique positions | 74 | 10 | 46 | 18 |
Unique locations | 83 | 9 | 40 | 16 |
Adult records | 809 | 27 | 116 | 40 |
Immature records | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 1014 records from 148 sites. First recorded in 1883.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Most frequent in reed-beds along the Humber estuary. There are a few other Yorkshire localities for this species.
2012 (CHF): The vast majority of records used to be from VC61, particularly at Spurn, but there has been considerable recent movement to the north and west in recent years. This is another reed-feeding Wainscot which often wanders away from its usual habitat.
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