Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Uncommon and fairly widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Jul-Aug

Forewing: 11-13mm.

Foodplant: Yarrow, Sneezewort.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1883	1904	1883	1950	1883
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2014	2014	2014
Number of records	519	224	176	279	83
Number of individuals	476	238	146	350	118
Unique positions	72	65	84	86	26
Unique locations	77	63	84	92	26
Adult records	496	207	137	261	80
Immature records	2	0	1	1	0

For the county, we have a total of 1281 records from 342 sites. First recorded in 1883.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Widely distributed and locally common where yarrow is plentiful in all five vice-counties. This species is recorded more frequently than many other pugs, perhaps because it is relatively easy to identify.

2012 (CHF): There has been a decline in numbers in recent years though it can still be locally quite common. Still quite widely distributed across the county. The form with the orange-brown forewing patch (f. subfulvata) is much commoner than the plainer form (f. cognata).

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Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65