Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Common and fairly widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: Two generations, May-Jun, Jul-Aug.

Forewing: 13-17mm.

Foodplant: Willowherbs.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1904	1883	1883	1883	1883
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2014	2015	2015
Number of records	1136	606	1443	1862	297
Number of individuals	1234	807	2048	4362	560
Unique positions	128	126	204	212	33
Unique locations	124	131	199	209	31
Adult records	1105	584	1366	1788	288
Immature records	12	1	1	0	0

For the county, we have a total of 5344 records from 694 sites. First recorded in 1883.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Widely distributed and often frequent or common in vice-counties 62 to 64, less recorded in vice-counties 61 and 65 where there is generally less woodland. This species has increased in some areas of VC63 over the past two decades.

2012 (CHF): Common and widespread across all of the county except perhaps for the north-west. Numbers are stable.

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Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65