Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Local

Local Status: Very rare and very local resident.

Local Record: Grade 3 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, May-Jul.

Forewing: 16-19mm.

Foodplant: Alder and birches.

Regional breakdown:

	VC62	VC63	VC64
Year first recorded	1857	1996	1883
Year last recorded	1883	2014	2014
Number of records	5	9	6
Number of individuals	0	11	5
Unique positions	5	5	4
Unique locations	5	5	4
Adult records	5	9	6
Immature records	0	0	0

For the county, we have a total of 20 records from 14 sites. First recorded in 1857.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Not recorded since Porritt (1883-86). This species used to occur quite widely in VC62 and at odd sites elsewhere. It still occurs at several sites in Derbyshire (VC57) some of which are quite near the Yorkshire border (Harrison & Sterling, 1986).

Beaumont, 2002:
VC63. Woodhouse Washlands, 14.6.1996 (HEB, RFB); Bradway, Sheffield, 15.5.2000 conf RFB (PH). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.

2012 (CHF): We are at the north-east edge of the range of this species which is commoner over the border in Lancashire. There are recent records from Holmfirth in 2002 and Settle and Honley in 2007 on our western fringes.

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Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65