Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Scarce and fairly widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 1 See here for explanation

Flight time: One generation, Jun-Aug.

Forewing: 24-29mm.

Foodplant: Downy Birch, Silver Birch, Hazel, Alder, (Beech)

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1904	1883	1883	1883	1883
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2014	2014	2014
Number of records	90	220	222	384	53
Number of individuals	110	250	386	560	78
Unique positions	57	95	119	146	13
Unique locations	48	91	113	149	12
Adult records	77	199	191	360	47
Immature records	2	0	0	0	3

For the county, we have a total of 969 records from 413 sites. First recorded in 1883.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Although rather patchily recorded, this species is probably common in most birch woods in all five vice-counties and it is sometimes also found well away from such places. It can sometimes be found more easily on a sheet at light and it often turns up late than most other species (PQW pers. comm.), which may be the reason for the paucity of records.

2012 (CHF): Like other birch-feeding species, this moth is uncommon in the north-west and south-east of the county. Apart from this it is fairly widespread and numbers appear to be stable.

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Yorkshire Moths
A guide to the moths of VC61-65