Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Nb

Local Status: Rare and local resident.

Local Record: Grade 3 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Jun-Aug.

Forewing: 9-12mm.

Foodplant: Common Bird's-foot-trefoil and Kidney Vetch.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64
Year first recorded	1883	1883	1982	1960
Year last recorded	2014	2007	2014	2005
Number of records	27	2	57	4
Number of individuals	110	2	512	3
Unique positions	20	2	22	3
Unique locations	16	2	19	3
Adult records	27	2	55	3
Immature records	0	0	0	0

For the county, we have a total of 90 records from 40 sites. First recorded in 1883.

Photos

Species Account

Pheromone lure: API. Areas with Common Bird's-foot Trefoil, on chalk and limestone.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Porritt (1983-86) only recorded this species on the east coast in VC61 and VC62. It then declined and was described by Skinner (1984) as a 'local species found in southern England as far north as Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire'. It has spread northwards again, however, and the first record since Porritt occurred in VC64 in 1973. All the new sites except Filey are inland, so the habitat preferences of this species appear to have changed over the years.

Argus 54, 2007:
VC62. St. Nicholas Field LNR, York, 18.7.2007 to pheromone lure (EDC). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.

2012 (CHF): This species seems to be doing well especially in the south and east of the county. Most records are to pheromone lures though it is sometimes encountered without them.

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