Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: Common Local Status: Fairly common and fairly widespread resident. Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation Flight time: One generation, Oct-Jan. Forewing: 18-25mm. Foodplant: Broadleaved trees. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 1805 | 1883 | 1846 | 1883 | 1883 |
Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 |
Number of records | 289 | 438 | 758 | 967 | 233 |
Number of individuals | 346 | 993 | 2384 | 2198 | 346 |
Unique positions | 65 | 50 | 102 | 138 | 22 |
Unique locations | 67 | 51 | 101 | 140 | 22 |
Adult records | 268 | 412 | 695 | 902 | 224 |
Immature records | 4 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 2685 records from 381 sites. First recorded in 1805.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: There are scattered records from all five vice-counties for this species and it is generally frequent or common.
2012 (CHF): Common and widespread across the county particularly in woodland where the larvae are common on a wide variety of trees and shrubs.
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