Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Scarce and thinly distributed or restricted resident. Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, May-Jul. Forewing: 15-17mm. Foodplant: Herbaceous plants. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 |
Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 |
Number of records | 570 | 49 | 77 | 213 | 74 |
Number of individuals | 1091 | 39 | 84 | 383 | 98 |
Unique positions | 60 | 26 | 42 | 45 | 8 |
Unique locations | 61 | 27 | 41 | 44 | 7 |
Adult records | 567 | 42 | 69 | 206 | 74 |
Immature records | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 983 records from 180 sites. First recorded in 1883.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Very local but often quite frequent where it does occur. Apparently associated with limestone, chalk and sandy soils. There are no confirmed recent records from VC63.
Beaumont, 2002: Remains very local, there is a recent record from VC63, the first for several years.
2012 (CHF): Numbers have increased a little but distribution is still a bit patchy. It has certainly become more common in the east of VC63. In VC61 there have been particularly good numbers at Tophill Low recently eg 17 on 27/5/2011.
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