Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Scarce and local resident.

Local Record: Grade 3 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Jul-Sep.

Forewing: 9-11mm

Foodplant: Common Juniper, Prostrate Juniper, cypresses

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1981	1961	1973	1959	1880
Year last recorded	2013	2014	2014	2013	2014
Number of records	132	176	126	380	27
Number of individuals	155	243	140	1018	88
Unique positions	20	17	24	65	15
Unique locations	21	17	24	68	14
Adult records	132	175	117	375	21
Immature records	0	1	0	0	2

For the county, we have a total of 841 records from 144 sites. First recorded in 1880.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: The majority of these records probably originate from larvae on introduced bushes which may now be established. However we do also have records from indigenous Yorkshire plants where the moth may well have been an unnoticed resident for many years.

2012 (CHF): This species seemed to be quite common and widespread in the 1990s but has declined considerably in the last few years although we still get scattered records in all five VCs. A decline has been noticed in other parts of the country.

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Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65