Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Migrant Local Status: Rare and very local migrant/wanderer. Local Record: Grade 4 See here for explanation Flight time: Jul-Nov. Forewing: 15-18mm. Foodplant: Sage, Viper;s-bugloss, chrysanthemums, Celery etc. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | |
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Year first recorded | 1992 | 2009 | 2000 | 2007 |
Year last recorded | 2010 | 2011 | 2000 | 2011 |
Number of records | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Number of individuals | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Unique positions | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Unique locations | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Adult records | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Immature records | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 19 records from 12 sites. First recorded in 1992.
Photos
Species Account
Beaumont, 2002:
VC61. Spurn, 20.9.1992 (BRS). NEW COUNTY RECORD.
VC63. Ripponden, 10.9.2000 (ME). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.
Argus 54, 2007: A totally unexpected migrant and the first record of this species away from VC61.
VC64. Bellflask, 3.11.2007 (BM). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.
Argus 58, 2009: An unusual migrant with occasional scattered records across the county.
VC62. Marske Beach, 4.2.2008 (DM). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.
2012 (CHF): There have been increasing records of this migrant in the last few years, many of them inland. Sometimes it can be imported as a larva or pupa on flowers and some records may have come into the county this way.
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