Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Vagrant/Accidental Local Status: Very rare and very local vagrant. Local Record: Grade 4 See here for explanation Flight time: May, Sep-Nov. Forewing: 14-18mm. Foodplant: - |
Regional breakdown:
VC64 | |
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Year first recorded | 1955 |
Year last recorded | 1955 |
Number of records | 1 |
Number of individuals | 0 |
Unique positions | 1 |
Unique locations | 1 |
Adult records | 1 |
Immature records | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 1 records from 1 sites. First recorded in 1955.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Only eight specimens of this migrant have been taken in Britain (Skinner, 1984). One of these was in Yorkshire, at Knaresborough (VC64) in 1955 by W. Beck (YNU, 1970).
2012 (CHF): There have been no more Yorkshire records of this scarce migrant. There have now been about twenty records in Britain.
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