Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

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
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.

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

Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65