Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Local Local Status: Very rare and very local. No recent record. Local Record: Grade 4 See here for explanation Flight time: Late Jul-Oct, hibernates to following Spring. Forewing: 5-6mm. Foodplant: Field Maple, sometimes Sycamore. |
Regional breakdown:
VC62 | VC63 | |
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Year first recorded | 1868 | 2013 |
Year last recorded | 1868 | 2013 |
Number of records | 1 | 1 |
Number of individuals | 0 | 0 |
Unique positions | 1 | 1 |
Unique locations | 1 | 1 |
Adult records | 1 | 0 |
Immature records | 0 | 1 |
For the county, we have a total of 2 records from 2 sites. First recorded in 1868.
Photos
Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989:
VC62. Forge Valley, common on field maple (Wilkinson, 1868).
Argus 69, 2013: Only previous recorded in Yorkshire from VC62 in the middle of the nineteenth century.
VC63. Rawmarsh, larval mine 31.8.2013 (DSh). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.
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