Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Uncommon and local resident.

Local Record: Grade 3 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Jul-Aug

Forewing: 13-17mm.

Foodplant: Herbaceous plants.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1883	1857	1883	1883	2002
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2013	2010	2011
Number of records	1779	117	43	34	2
Number of individuals	4882	144	24	24	3
Unique positions	50	50	34	25	2
Unique locations	59	48	33	26	2
Adult records	1772	113	30	26	2
Immature records	0	0	0	0	0

For the county, we have a total of 1975 records from 168 sites. First recorded in 1857.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Very local in Yorkshire and often associated with sandy soils.

Argus 47, 2001-04:
VC65. Sedbusk, 22.7.2002 (MS). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.

2012 (CHF): Commonest in coastal areas, particularly at Spurn, but the numbers are reduced from the 1970s when there were sometimes counts of up to 45 in a single trap. Very local in small numbers in inland areas.

See background to species accounts. Index of Vernacular names - Search - Random Species

Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65