Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Local

Local Status: Uncommon and thinly distributed or restricted resident.

Local Record: Grade 3 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Sep-Nov, (Mar-May, after hibernation).

Forewing: 15-17mm.

Foodplant: Sallows, Birches, Alder, Lime etc.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1964	1883	1883	1883	1883
Year last recorded	2013	2014	2014	2014	2014
Number of records	10	74	293	731	84
Number of individuals	8	89	362	1298	135
Unique positions	7	28	49	89	19
Unique locations	8	29	49	90	19
Adult records	9	72	279	713	77
Immature records	0	0	1	0	0

For the county, we have a total of 1192 records from 195 sites. First recorded in 1883.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: An upland species which has lately become more widespread on lower ground.

2012 (CHF): Doing well in upland areas of the county with occasional scattered records on the lower ground. The females hibernate and emerge again in the spring.

See background to species accounts. Index of Vernacular names - Search - Random Species

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