Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Nationally Scarce B Local Status: Rare and restricted resident. Local Record: Grade 4 adult, 2 leaf-mine. See here for explanation Flight time: Forewing: Foodplant: Cowberry. |
Regional breakdown:
VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 1868 | 1891 | 2010 | 2010 |
Year last recorded | 1992 | 2013 | 2015 | 2014 |
Number of records | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Number of individuals | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Unique positions | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Unique locations | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Adult records | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Immature records | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
For the county, we have a total of 15 records from 11 sites. First recorded in 1868.
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Species Account
Most records are of leaf-mines.
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Local on moorland localities.
Argus 60, 2010: This moth is widespread on the higher southern Pennine moors with a few records from the North York moors in VC62. Its occurrence in vice-counties 64 and 65, where it has evidently been previously overlooked, comes as no surprise.
VC64. Brimham Rocks, mines 1.4.2010 (CHF); Barden Moor, mines 13.4.2010 (DP). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.
VC65. Agra Moor and Colsterdale, mines on cowberry 11.3.2010 (CHF). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD
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