Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Local Local Status: Rare and local resident. Local Record: Grade 3 See here for explanation Flight time: Two generations, May-Jun, Jul-Aug. Forewing: 12-14mm. Foodplant: Downy Birch, Silver Birch. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | |
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Year first recorded | 1940 | 1904 | 1883 | 1883 |
Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2012 |
Number of records | 44 | 33 | 51 | 2 |
Number of individuals | 37 | 31 | 84 | 1 |
Unique positions | 28 | 23 | 24 | 2 |
Unique locations | 22 | 17 | 23 | 2 |
Adult records | 37 | 27 | 50 | 2 |
Immature records | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 130 records from 64 sites. First recorded in 1883.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: There have been one or two additional localities reported as well as further confirmation of the new localities from the 1970 list (YNU, 1970).
2012 (CHF): Still very local in birch woodland, mostly in the centre of the county. The majority of our records come from lowland heaths.
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