Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Scarce and thinly distributed or restricted resident.

Local Record: Grade 3 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Jul-Sep.

Forewing: 15-18mm.

Foodplant: Herbaceous plants.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1880	1883	1883	1883	1883
Year last recorded	2008	2010	2010	2008	2010
Number of records	93	65	135	127	9
Number of individuals	46	50	110	170	7
Unique positions	31	24	53	44	7
Unique locations	36	22	50	43	7
Adult records	75	52	95	111	7
Immature records	0	0	0	0	0

For the county, we have a total of 429 records from 158 sites. First recorded in 1880.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Recorded at a fairly low density throughout all five vice-counties. Particularly sparse in VC65 and higher areas generally.

Current status. (CHF, 2011): A national decline has been evident for many years, and this has been particularly noticeable in Yorkshire, though we still have some rather local populations. This species is often misidentified. It is of course not common in gardens!

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Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65