Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

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
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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